Police agencies prove important in truancy interve

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Effective Truancy Intervention: A Reprint from “FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin”

Police agencies prove important in truancy interve

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By Ed Vance (au); Jerald Block (au); George Heuston (au)
Year: 2008
Pages: 5
Binding Paperback

Product Code: 1437909272

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Police agencies prove important in truancy intervention. Officers perform many functions, ranging from alerting parents of their child’s absence from school to assisting in the enforcement of sanctions and the mediation of difficult cases. In 2004, the Hillsboro, Oregon, Police Dept. (HPD) recognized a need to enhance its policies to adequately address truancy -- defined as missing 4 days of school in any month -- and launched an effort to revamp its approach. A comparison of HPD’s former practices to the effectiveness of its new policies shows tremendous improvement in combating truancy problems. Illus.

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