Reducing Chronic Absenteeism: An Assessment of an Early Truancy Initiative

Crime and Delinquency

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 214-234

  McCluskey, Cynthia Perez ^a   Bynum, Timothy S ^a   Patchin, Justin W ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elementary absenteeism; Juvenile justice; School problems; Truancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 1642304543     PISSN: 00111287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0011128703258942     Document Type: Review

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