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Adolescent Truancy and Jevenile Delinquency: Testing Differential Oppression Theory

Friday, November 8, 2013: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Bayside A (Sheraton New Orleans Hotel)
Jennifer Raby , Metropolitan State University of Denver
This qualitative study focuses on employing variables that represent the four adaptations of differential oppression theory in order to test the hypothesis that adolescent truancy is not only the cause of serious issues like dropping out of school and juvenile delinquency, but also a reaction to systemic repression and subjugation.