This project is an up-scaled test of the Ability School Engagement Partnership (ASEP) Project. The ASEP is a partnership program that aims to increase school attendance and is grounded in the theory of Third-Party-Policing (TPP). In ASEP, school-based police officers partner with schools (i.e., the third-party) who have legal powers to control and prevent school absenteeism. The ASEP intervention includes an ASEP conference in which the legal requirements to attend school are explicitly communicated in a procedurally just way to young people missing school and their parents/guardians. Restorative Outcomes Australia (ROA) is a provide provider partner who will oversee the facilitation of the ASEP conferences. While the program is designed to re-engage these young people in school and/or facilitate transitions to work and reduce antisocial behavior (e.g., delinquency), this trial will also test the capacity of the program to improve collaboration between the schools and police and also monitor young participants' future life outcomes, such as future welfare dependence.
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Official School Absences
Timeframe: Six-Months Post-Intervention
Official Arrest Records
Timeframe: Six-Months Post Intervention
Perceptions of School Legitimacy
Timeframe: Two-months post intervention
Perceptions of School Procedural Justice
Timeframe: Two-months post intervention
Perceptions of Police Legitimacy
Timeframe: Two-months post intervention
Perceptions of Police Procedural Justice
Timeframe: Two-months post intervention
Perceptions of Family Legitimacy
Timeframe: Two-months post intervention
Perceptions of Family Procedural Justice
Timeframe: Two-months post intervention
General Well-being
Timeframe: Two-months post intervention
Self-efficacy
Timeframe: Two-months post intervention