Criminalizing Truancy
Should Kids be Jailed for Skipping School?

http://www.counterpunch.org/2012/09/11/criminalizing-truancy/
Date Written:  2012-09-11
Publisher:  CounterPunch
Year Published:  2012
Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX14511

American jurisdictions are increasingly turning to the criminal justice system to deal with truancy. Students and parents are being fined, and in some cases jailed, for missing school.

Subject Headings

• Crime & Punishment
• Legal Systems as Instruments of Oppression
• Schools
• Student Issues
• Students