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040 _aAFVC
100 _aBest, Charlotte
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245 _aYoung female offenders and the New Zealand Youth Justice System :
_b the need for a gender-specific response
_cCharlotte Best, Julia Ioane and Ian Lambie
260 _bTaylor & Francis,
_c2021
500 _aPsychiatry, Psychology and Law, 2021, Advance online publication, 7 April 2021
520 _aYoung female offenders comprise approximately one fifth of the New Zealand youth offender population; however, they remain an understudied population of offenders. This paper aims to provide a current overview of the key characteristics of this population and recommendations for how the youth justice system could better cater to this population. These recommendations include more training of professionals (specifically judges, youth advocates and justice coordinators) and practitioners (specifically social workers, psychologists and youth workers) in the youth-justice system in matters specific to young female offenders. A gender-responsive and trauma-informed approach to addressing offending behaviour is also necessary. There is a need for new empirical research in the New Zealand context on young female offenders and the best way to address offending by this group. Finally, a focus on the diversity of young female offenders is a priority, given the over-representation of indigenous and ethnic-minority communities in justice jurisdictions worldwide. (Authors' abstract). Record #7257
650 _aCHILD EXPOSURE TO VIOLENCE
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650 _aGENDER
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650 _aINTERVENTION
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650 4 _aTRAUMA
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650 _aYOUNG OFFENDERS
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650 _aYOUNG WOMEN
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650 _aYOUTH JUSTICE
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651 4 _aNEW ZEALAND
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700 _aIoane, Julia
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700 _aLambie, Ian
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773 0 _tPsychiatry, Psychology and Law, 2021, Advance online publication, 7 April 2021
830 _aPsychiatry, Psychology and Law
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856 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1080/13218719.2021.1894258
_zDOI: 10.1080/13218719.2021.1894258
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_cARTICLE