Disrupting the Pathway from Truancy to Delinquency: A Randomized Field Trial Test of the Longitudinal Impact of a School Engagement Program

ConclusionsPartnerships between schools and police that communicate, in a procedurally fair way, parental legal responsibilities for their children to attend school holds promise for increasing a truanting young person ’s willingness to go to school and reducing their self-reported antisocial behaviour, at least in the short run.
Source: Journal of Quantitative Criminology - Category: Criminology Source Type: research