'Crossover Kids': Offending by Child Protection-involved Youth

ISBN-10
1925304132
ISBN-13
9781925304138
Category
Child welfare
Pages
22
Language
English
Published
2019
Authors
Susan Baidawi, Rosemary Sheehan

Description

The over-representation of children from child protection backgrounds in the youth justice system is a significant and longstanding concern. While the association between child maltreatment and youth offending is established, the pathway of child protection-involved youth to criminal justice outcomes has received little attention. This paper presents selected findings of a detailed case file audit of 300 crossover children appearing before the Victorian Children's Court in 2016-17.

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