Journal article
Truancy, Schooling and Juvenile Justice: “She Says She Hates School”
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology, Vol.23(4), pp.259-268
1990
Abstract
In January 1988 truancy was removed as a welfare offence in the State of New South Wales. Although not yet proclaimed, truancy has just been reinstituted as an offence in New South Wales under P 5 of the Education Reform Act 1990. Thus arguments about the social effects of criminalising truancy are urgent and necessary. Using a case history methodology, this article maps the relations between female truants, school authorities and juvenile justice agencies which arise from the criminalisation of truancy. I then attempt to analyse the effects of such disciplinary processes, not only on the young people so affected, but also on their families and communities. I argue that court action for truancy has its most disproportionate and detrimental impact precisely on those students already most disadvantaged by the schooling system: namely on students from Aboriginal communities and housing commission areas.
Details
- Title
- Truancy, Schooling and Juvenile Justice: “She Says She Hates School”
- Authors
- Kerry Carrington (Author)
- Publication details
- Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology, Vol.23(4), pp.259-268
- Publisher
- Sage Publications Ltd.
- DOI
- 10.1177/000486589002300405
- ISSN
- 1837-9273
- Organisation Unit
- School of Law and Society; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99651494202621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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