Reducing Chronic Absenteeism: an Assessment of an Early Truancy Initiative

McCluskey, Cynthia Perez; Bynum, Timothy S.; Patchin, Justin W.

doi:10.1177/0011128703258942

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“…In one study, Garry (1996) reported that shoplifting arrests declined by 60% and purse snatching dropped by nearly 50% when intensive truancy sweeps were conducted by the police. Several other recent studies have reported the effectiveness of school-and community-based truancy prevention programs (Fantuzzo et al, 2005;McCluskey et al, 2004), demonstrating encouraging results.…”

Section: Implications For Preventionmentioning

confidence: 87%

Truancy and Escalation of Substance Use During Adolescence

Henry¹,

Thornberry²

2010

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

123

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ABSTRACT. Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between truancy and escalation of substance use during adolescence and to explore potential mechanisms of this relationship. Method: Using data from the Rochester Youth Development Study, a longitudinal sample of predominantly minority youth, growth models with time-varying covariates were utilized to assess the relationship between truancy and substance use. Mediated growth models were used to examine potential mechanisms of the relationship. The analyses used fi ve waves of panel data collected from 971 youth and their primary caregivers. Data were collected every 6 months from 1988 to 1990, spanning ages 14-16. Twenty-seven percent of the sample was female. Results: Findings indicate that truant youth engaged in more substance use, both when comparing one adolescent with another (i.e., a truant adolescent used more substances than an adolescent who was not truant) and when comparing periods of change within an adolescent (i.e., during periods when an adolescent's truancy escalated, his or her involvement in substance use escalated). Moreover, the effect of escalation of truancy on escalation of substance use was, in part, mediated by escalation of risky, unsupervised time spent with peers. Conclusions: Truancy appears to be a robust predictor of substance use. The effect is likely to be, in part, a result of the deleterious effects of reduced school bonding and, in part, a result of the unsupervised, risky time afforded by truancy. Gaining a better understanding of how truancy may affect substance use is important for the development of prevention and intervention initiatives. (2007a), considered a relatively understudied school-related behavior, truancy, and demonstrated that truancy was a robust predictor of the onset of substance use. Specifi cally, truancy (i.e., skipping school without a valid excuse) predicted the onset of substance use over and above many other salient risk factors, including other school-based risk factors such as school performance and commitment to school. These fi ndings are congruent with other studies that have found a positive relationship between truancy and substance use (Bryant and Zimmerman, 2002;Chou et al., 2006;Vucina and Becirevic, 2007;White et al., 2007). In this study, we extended this work to consider the relationship between truancy and the escalation of substance use. We examine how both level of truancy and change in truancy are related to substance use among urban adolescents. We also explore a probable mediator of the relationship between truancy and escalation of substance use: risky time spent with friends.

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Section: Implications For Preventionmentioning

confidence: 87%

Truancy and Escalation of Substance Use During Adolescence

Henry¹,

Thornberry²

2010

J. Stud. Alcohol Drugs

123

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“…En un intento de prevenir este fracaso y/o abandono escolar durante el periodo educativo obligatorio, se han elaborado diferentes propuestas tanto a nivel nacional -Ej., Programas de Cualificación Profesional Inicial (PCPI) del Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia (Ley Orgánica de Educación, 2006)-como internacional (MCCLUSKEY, BYNUM y PATCHIN, 2004). En esta línea el presente trabajo tiene como objetivo realizar una revisión de los resultados de los programas de intervención relacionados con el fracaso y/o abandono escolar, tanto a nivel nacional como internacional, para poder recopilar los aspectos o ámbitos necesarios que han de tenerse en cuenta en este tipo de intervenciones y tenerlas presentes en futuras medidas a elaborar dirigidas a esta problemática, así como ofrecer información a los profesionales de las diferentes propuestas llevadas a cabo para intervenciones futuras.…”

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Intervenciones dirigidas a la prevención del fracaso y abandono escolar : un estudio de revisión

Laprida¹,

Torres²

2013

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RESUMENEn el presente estudio se revisan algunos programas de intervención tanto a nivel internacional como nacional relacionados con la prevención del fracaso y/o abandono escolar en la Educación Secundaria Obligatoria (ESO). Para ello, se realizó una búsqueda en las bases de datos ProQuest, ISOC, Redalyc y Dialnet sobre intervenciones realizadas desde el año 2000 al 2010 con dicho objetivo. Aunque entre ellas existen variaciones respecto a los objetivos, duración, actividades y resultados, todas ellas muestran unas características comunes a la hora de elaborar cualquier programa de esta tipología, que son convenientes tener en cuenta para la elaboración de 7 * Universidad de Huelva.

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“…There is a well-established connection between neighborhood conditions and well known deleterious conditions including serious violent crime (Bursik & Grasmick, 1993;Messner & Tardiff, 1986;Sampson & Groves, 1989), gang membership (Hill, Howell, Hawkins, & Battin-Pearson, 1999), school problems (Kirk, 2009;McCluskey, Patchin, & Bynum, 2004), and fear of crime (Wyant, 2008). Neighborhoods play important roles in the lives of those that live, work, and socialize in their boundaries.…”

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confidence: 99%

Fear of crime, incivilities, and collective efficacy in four Miami neighborhoods

Swatt

Varano

Uchida

et al. 2013

Journal of Criminal Justice

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Purpose: Extant literature indicates that individual perceptions of collective efficacy and incivilities are important in explaining fear of crime. These studies, however, often implicitly assume that the relationships between key variables do not differ between neighborhoods. The purpose of this research is to examine the relationship between perceptions of collective efficacy, perceptions of incivilities, and fear of crime and determine whether these relationships are constant between neighborhoods. Methods: Surveys were conducted using a sample of residents from four neighborhoods within Miami-Dade County. Structural equation models were used to examine the relationships between perceptions of collective efficacy, perceptions of incivilities, and fear of crime for each neighborhood separately. Tests for invariance were conducted to determine whether the coefficients from these models differed across neighborhoods. Results: Results from these analyses suggest that the relationship between perceptions of collective efficacy and fear of crime exhibit significant heterogeneity between neighborhoods, as do a number of other relationships. The relationships between perceptions of collective efficacy and perceptions of incivilities, and perceptions of incivilities and fear of crime do not exhibit heterogeneity. Conclusions: These results illustrate the importance of examining perceptions of collective efficacy within the neighborhood context. Implications for policy and future research are discussed.

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Reducing Chronic Absenteeism: an Assessment of an Early Truancy Initiative

Cited by 112 publications

References 26 publications

Truancy and Escalation of Substance Use During Adolescence

Truancy and Escalation of Substance Use During Adolescence

Intervenciones dirigidas a la prevención del fracaso y abandono escolar : un estudio de revisión

Fear of crime, incivilities, and collective efficacy in four Miami neighborhoods

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