‘I’m not getting out of bed!’ : the criminalisation of young people in residential care
Gerard, Alison
‘I’m not getting out of bed!’ : the criminalisation of young people in residential care Alison Gerard, Andrew McGrath, Emma Colvin, and Kath McFarlane - Sage, 2018 - Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology .
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 2018, Advance online publication, 4 June 2018
Evidence from both Australian and international jurisdictions show that children in residential care are over-represented in the criminal justice system. In the current study, we interviewed 46 professionals who had contact with young people in residential care settings in New South Wales, Australia. Our sample included police officers, residential care service providers, legal aid lawyers and juvenile justice workers, about their perceptions of the link between residential care and contact with the criminal justice system. Factors identified by the participants included the care environment itself, use of police as a behavioural management tool, deficient staff training and inadequate policies and funding to address the over-representation. These factors, combined with the legacy of Australia’s colonial past, were a particularly potent source of criminalisation for Aboriginal children in care. (Authors' abstract). Record #5873
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES
CHILD PROTECTION
CRIME
JUSTICE
RESIDENTIAL CARE
SOCIAL SERVICES
YOUNG OFFENDERS
YOUNG PEOPLE
INSTITUTIONAL ABUSE
AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES
‘I’m not getting out of bed!’ : the criminalisation of young people in residential care Alison Gerard, Andrew McGrath, Emma Colvin, and Kath McFarlane - Sage, 2018 - Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology .
Australian & New Zealand Journal of Criminology, 2018, Advance online publication, 4 June 2018
Evidence from both Australian and international jurisdictions show that children in residential care are over-represented in the criminal justice system. In the current study, we interviewed 46 professionals who had contact with young people in residential care settings in New South Wales, Australia. Our sample included police officers, residential care service providers, legal aid lawyers and juvenile justice workers, about their perceptions of the link between residential care and contact with the criminal justice system. Factors identified by the participants included the care environment itself, use of police as a behavioural management tool, deficient staff training and inadequate policies and funding to address the over-representation. These factors, combined with the legacy of Australia’s colonial past, were a particularly potent source of criminalisation for Aboriginal children in care. (Authors' abstract). Record #5873
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES
ABORIGINAL & TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER PEOPLES
CHILD PROTECTION
CRIME
JUSTICE
RESIDENTIAL CARE
SOCIAL SERVICES
YOUNG OFFENDERS
YOUNG PEOPLE
INSTITUTIONAL ABUSE
AUSTRALIA
NEW SOUTH WALES