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Reeling in Disengaged Students: An Assessment of a Countywide Juvenile Court Attendance Program
Author(s) -
MUELLER DAVID,
GIACOMAZZI ANDREW
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
juvenile and family court journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.155
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1755-6988
pISSN - 0161-7109
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6988.2003.tb00151.x
Subject(s) - truancy , juvenile delinquency , excuse , attendance , psychology , juvenile court , criminology , interview , political science , law
On any given day, thousands of youths are absent from school; many are absent without a legitimate excuse and thus deemed truant. Truancy has been linked to various problem behaviors including academic failure, delinquency, and school dropout. Thus, the prevention of truancy is assumed to have beneficial effects far into the future. This study provides an overview of an innovative truancy abatement program operating in southwestern Idaho known as the Ada County Attendance Court. Qualitative and quantitative data are presented to show how the program operates, its effects, and how it differs from other truancy prevention programs nationwide.

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