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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2021-03-01
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Series: | AERA Open |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/23328584211003132 |