McIntyre‐Bhatty, Karen. (2008). Truancy and coercive consent: Is there an alternative? Educational Review, 60(4), 375-390. ( “Abstract: This paper suggests that rather than criminalising or pathologising truancy as a “deviant” behaviour in need of either treatment or punishment, truancy should be considered as a rational enactment of dissatisfaction with State educational provision. It should be
