Research in Criminology: An Experimental and Psychiatric Investigation of Severe School Attendance Problems

Berg, Ian; Brown, Imogen; Hullin, Roy

This book is concerned with an investigation of severe school attendance problems. The purpose of this study is to integrate and synthesize related research carried out over the last ten years on this important social problem. The research describes the first use of randomly controlled trials by the courts in Great Britain and the psychiatric assessment of a non-clinical population of poor attenders. The approach provides new and interesting data and a good methodological example of the use of randomized experiments by the courts.

Details

Published by: Springer

Publication Date: 2011-11-05

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781461283911

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4612-3888-1

Dimensions: 235cm x155cm

Pages: 142