“I Missed the Bus”: School Grade Transition, the Wilmington Truancy Center, and Reasons Youth Don’t Go to School

Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 204-212

  Garrison, Arthur H ^a  

^a Delaware Criminal Justice Planning Council   (United States)

Author keywords

grade transition; reasons for truancy; truancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247670413     PISSN: 15412040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1541204006286318     Document Type: Article

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