Youth at risk for truancy detour into a faith-based education program: Their perceptions of the program and its impact

Research on Social Work Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 246-257

  Sinha, Jill Witmer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Academic achievement; Faith based education; Religion; Truancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846932254     PISSN: 10497315     EISSN: 15527581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049731506296944     Document Type: Article

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