Knowing why people with troubled childhoods may be more likely to engage in criminal activity is necessary to inform the development of effective prevention and early intervention initiatives.
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The NT youth justice royal commission’s interim report did not deliver any findings or make any recommendations. Nor did it reflect young people’s personal stories.
Australian jurisdictions should enact permanent solutions to juvenile justice crises that replace large and ineffective youth prisons with a safer, more decent alternative.
Two teenagers have been sentenced to life for a double murder. But their crime is extremely rare.
MPs have proposed that restorative justice should eventually become a right in the UK.
What the Northern Territory’s experience with state interventions reveals is that rather than protecting young people, it has placed them at greater risk of mistreatment and trauma.
Important questions are being asked about why children were abused in juvenile detention in the Northern Territory. But we also need to ask why children are being detained at all.
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Edge Hill University
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Professor of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Criminology, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Criminology, Loughborough University
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Senior Lecturer, UNSW Law, UNSW Sydney
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Professor, Centre for Women's Studies & Gender Research, Sociology, Monash University
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Researcher, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Social Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Monash University, Monash University
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Associate Professor in Law, Australian National University
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Professor, School of Early Childhood & Inclusive Education, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Applied Health and Social Care, Edge Hill University
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Assistant Professor in Criminal Law/International Criminal Law, Bond University
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Senior lecturer in sociology, Lancaster University
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PhD Candidate, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, Youth Work & Youth Studies, Social Equity Research Centre, RMIT University
