Scared smart or bored straight? Testing deterrence logic in an evaluation of police-led truancy intervention

Justice Quarterly

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 269-299

  Bazemore, Gordon ^a,b,c   Stinchcomb, Jeanne B ^a   Leip, Leslie A ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice ^*  (United States)

^c Balanced and Restorative Justice Project   (United States)

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EID: 28444486025     PISSN: 07418825     EISSN: 17459109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07418820400095811     Document Type: Review

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