Exploring an Unexamined Source of Racial Disparities in Juvenile Court Involvement: Unexcused Absenteeism Policies in U.S. Schools

This two-part study explored whether discrimination encoded into U.S. school absenteeism policies leads to racially minoritized students being overrepresented in the juvenile court system. First, we examined unexcused absenteeism policies in a nationally representative school district sample ( n = 9...

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Main Authors: Clea A. McNeely, Besufekad Alemu, Won Fy Lee, Isis West
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2021-03-01
Series:AERA Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/23328584211003132