@article{ref1,
title="Reducing truancy and fostering a willingness to attend school: results from a randomized trial of a police-school partnership program",
journal="Prevention science",
year="2017",
author="Mazerolle, Lorraine and Antrobus, Emma and Bennett, Sarah and Eggins, Elizabeth",
volume="18",
number="4",
pages="469-480",
abstract="Truancy is a major social issue that is linked to a range of poor outcomes across the life course, including poor educational outcomes, drug and alcohol abuse, and antisocial behavior. Interventions that seek to reduce truancy problems range from school-based police officers to programs that reward good attendance to community-based interventions. This study reports primary outcome results of a randomized trial of a collaborative, police-school partnership that sought to reduce truancy and increase students' willingness to attend school. Using school attendance and students' self-report survey data, we find that the police-school partnership intervention shows promise for reducing truancy and improving students' willingness to attend school. We conclude that police-school partnerships that foster the willingness of young people to attend school should be examined in future evaluation research and be considered in the development of truancy prevention programs.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1389-4986",
doi="10.1007/s11121-017-0771-7",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11121-017-0771-7"
}