School Disciplinary Responses to Truancy: Current Practice and Future Directions

Journal of School Violence

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 118-137

  Flannery, K Brigid ^a   Frank, Jennifer L ^b   Kato, Mary McGrath ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

absenteeism; high school; school discipline; suspension; truancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859633308     PISSN: 15388220     EISSN: 15388239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15388220.2011.653433     Document Type: Article

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