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- Title
FROM CHILD PROTECTION TO YOUTH JUSTICE: LEGAL RESPONSES TO THE PLIGHT OF 'CROSSOVER KIDS'.
- Authors
WALSH, TAMARA
- Abstract
The statistical association between child protection and youth justice involvement is well-documented around the world, yet the effectiveness of current legal responses remains under-explored. To examine this, five focus groups with lawyers and youth workers who work with vulnerable young people were conducted in Brisbane, Queensland. Participants were asked about the pathways between the child protection and youth justice systems, and whether current legal responses were effective in preventing 'cross-over' between them. Participants said that children's contact with police and formal justice processes should be minimised and that restorative techniques should instead be used to deal with challenging behaviour. They also said children were often safer at home than in out of home care, and they emphasised the criminogenic effects of residential care environments.
- Subjects
LEGAL status of children; RESIDENTIAL care
- Publication
University of Western Australia Law Review, 2019, Vol 46, Issue 1, p90
- ISSN
0042-0328
- Publication type
Article