Truancy remains a persistent concern, with serious consequences for the individual, family, and society, as truancy is often linked to academic failure, disengagement with school, school dropout, and delinquency. This study analyzed large-scale data covering multiple years of cohorts of delinquent youths born between 1981 and 1988. Truancy…

To investigate the perceptions of behaviorally disturbed children regarding the school environment, 15 truant junior high boys were interviewed in depth. The truants perceived school as associated with authority, confrontations, discomfort, and lack of success. (Author/SB)