Research
Fact Sheets
Truancy: Costs and Benefits
National Center for School Engagement
This fact sheet provides facts and figures on the individual and societal costs of truancy.
What Is Truancy?
National Center for School Engagement
This fact sheet provides an overview of truancy, highlighting the familial, social, educational, and psychological factors that contribute to it.
Articles
School Connectedness—Strengthening Health and Education Outcomes for Teenagers (Journal of School Health), 2004
The articles in this journal conclude that student success can be improved through strengthened bonds with school and that increased school connectedness is related to educational motivation, classroom engagement, and better attendance, leading to higher academic achievement.
Bulletins
Co-occurrence of Delinquency and Other Problem Behaviors
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, November 2000
This bulletin examines the overlap of serious delinquency with drug use, problems in school, and mental health problems.
Developmental Pathways in Boys' Disruptive and Delinquent Behavior
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, December 1997
This bulletin summarizes longitudinal research from the Pittsburgh Youth Study, which has documented three developmental pathways that boys follow as they progress toward more serious problem behaviors.
Serious and Violent Juvenile Offenders
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, May 1998
This bulletin provides information on serious and violent juvenile offenders, who are substantially different from typical juveniles involved in delinquent conduct and who are responsible for a disproportionate amount of crime.
Truancy: First Step to a Lifetime of Problems
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, October 1996
This bulletin describes seven promising community programs that are reducing truancy and juvenile delinquency by enlisting and coordinating a broad array of local resources.
Truancy Reduction: Keeping Students in School
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, September 2001
This bulletin highlights major research findings regarding the problem of truancy and illustrates why communities should work to prevent and reduce its incidence.
Urban Delinquency and Substance Abuse: Initial Findings
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, March 1994
This bulletin presents findings from three longitudinal surveys being conducted in Denver, CO, Pittsburgh, PA, and Rochester, NY, that are examining the causes and correlates of juvenile delinquency and juvenile drug use.
Reports
The Costs and Benefits of Three Intensive Interventions with Colorado Truants
National Center for School Engagement, October 2003
This report illustrates the benefits of three truancy reduction programs in Colorado and contends that the associated costs are minimal when compared with the large price society pays for high school failure and juvenile delinquency.
Saving Money, Saving Youth: The Financial Impact of Keeping Kids in School
Colorado Foundation for Families and Children, October 2003
This report provides the costs and estimated benefits of three truancy reduction programs in Colorado, illustrating that the costs of each program pale in comparison to the large price society pays for high school failure and juvenile delinquency.
Selected Topics on Youth Courts: A Monograph
National Youth Court Center, May 2004
Based on a focus-group discussion, research, and promising practices related to truancy reduction, this paper provides an overview of the scope of the problem of truancy, benefits in addressing truancy in youth courts, effective strategies for working with truants, and benchmarks for youth courts to use when measuring success in truancy-reduction efforts. (See the first article, "Addressing Truancy in Youth Court Programs.")
Youth Out of School: Linking Absence to Delinquency
Colorado Foundation for Families and Children, September 2002
This report outlines the problems of school truancy, suspension, and expulsion and explores effective intervention programs in Colorado designed to keep at-risk youth in school.
Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General
Office of the Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, January 2001
This report reviews research on youth violence, including where, when, and how often it occurs; the causes of youth violence; and successful preventive measures.
Research and Data Centers
Achieve, Inc.
Created by the nation's governors and business leaders, Achieve, Inc., is a bipartisan, nonprofit organization that helps states raise academic standards, improve assessments, and strengthen accountability to prepare all young people for postsecondary education, work, and citizenship.
Center for Law and Education
The Center for Law and Education works to foster school- and districtwide change to improve educational outcomes for low-income students and communities nationwide.
Center for Research on the Education of Students Placed at Risk (CRESPAR)
Established in 1994, CRESPAR's mission is to research, develop, evaluate, and disseminate replicable strategies designed to transform schooling for students who are placed at risk due to inadequate institutional responses to factors such as poverty, ethnic minority status, and non-English-speaking backgrounds.
ChildStats
The official Web site of the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, ChildStats provides easy access to federal and state statistics and reports on children and their families, economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education.
Education Resources Information Center (ERIC)
Sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences of the U.S. Department of Education, ERIC houses and produces an electronic database of journal and other education literature containing more than 1.1 million citations.
The Education Trust
Established in 1990, the Trust serves as an advocate for education reform and encourages schools, colleges, and communities to ensure that all students have the opportunity to reach high levels of academic achievement.
Harvard Family Research Project—Family Involvement Network of Educators (FINE)
FINE is a national network that promotes strong partnerships among children's educators, families, and communities. FINE membership is free, and members receive monthly e-mails containing the latest research, toolkits, and training resources for family involvement.
Kids Count Data Book
Kids Count, a project of the Annie E. Casey Foundation, is a national and state-by-state effort to track the well-being of children in the United States.
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
Under the auspices of the U.S. Department of Education's I nstitute of Education Sciences, NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to the condition of education in the United States.
National Center for Youth Law
Founded in 1970, the National Center for Youth Law works to ensure that disadvantaged youth have the resources, support, and opportunities they need for a healthy and productive future. The Center focuses on four areas: the safety and well-being of abused and neglected children, quality health and mental health care, successful transition to adulthood for at-risk youth, and financial stability for low-income families and children.
National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
NCSL, a bipartisan organization, serves the legislators and staffs of the nation's states and territories by providing research, technical assistance, and an open forum for the exchange of ideas and information.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS)
A federally funded resource clearinghouse supported by the Office of Justice Programs, NCJRS provides justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.
National Dropout Prevention Center/Network
This organization serves as a research center and resource network for practitioners, researchers, and policymakers by promoting awareness of successful programs and policies related to dropout prevention.
National Dropout Prevention Center/Network Library
This site provides access to a searchable database of abstracts and citations for journal articles and papers focusing on school success and dropout prevention.
National Network of Partnership Schools
The National Network brings together schools, districts, and states that are committed to developing and maintaining comprehensive programs of school-family-community partnerships.
National Youth Development Information Center (NYDIC)
An initiative of the National Collaboration for Youth, NYDIC serves as an information resource for the youth development field, providing information on funding, programming, research, policy, and job training.
OJJDP Publications
This section of the OJJDP Web site offers a complete list of OJJDP publications, with links to HTML and PDF formats, and features a publications search.
OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book
The Statistical Briefing Book, part of the OJJDP Web site, provides online access to information about juvenile crime, victimization, and youth involved in the juvenile justice system.
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