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Truancy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

J. M. Partridge
J. M. Partridge*
Affiliation:
Guy's Hospital
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Truant is an old French word meaning “vagrant”, and the term “truancy” means “unlawful absence”. The study of truancy in children is chiefly concerned with wandering, staying out from home, and staying away from, and refusing to go to school.

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Part I.—Original Articles
Information
Journal of Mental Science , Volume 85 , Issue 354 , January 1939 , pp. 45 - 81
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1939 

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