Evaluation of a Truancy Reduction Program in Nashville, Tennessee, 1998-2000

The Metropolitan Development and Housing Agency in Nashville, Tennessee, received a National Institute of Justice grant to study the effectiveness of Nashville's Juvenile Court Truancy Reduction Program (TRP). The goals of the TRP were to increase attendance and to get children safely to and fr...

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1. VerfasserIn: Nicely, Gerald F. (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Hepler, Nancy A. (MitwirkendeR) ; Platt, Jan (MitwirkendeR) ; Wells, Jim (MitwirkendeR)
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Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] [Verlag nicht ermittelbar] 2002
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