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'Crossover' Children in the Youth Justice and Child Protection Systems explores the outcomes faced by the group of children who experience involvement with both child protection and youth justice systems across several countries, including the US, UK, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia.
Table des matières
1. Child Protection and Youth Offending: A Cross-National Concern2. Government and Policy Developments Related to Crossover Children 3. The Characteristics and Pathways of Crossover Children: The Study Explained 4. Court Records: The Profile of "Crossover Kids" 5. Crossover Kids: Professionals’ Perspectives on Offending and Desistance 6. Culture and Indigeneity: Risk and Responses for Indigenous Crossover Children 7. The Nature and Contexts of Offending Among Crossover Children 8. Crossover Children: Where Criminogenic Risk Meets Systemic Disadvantage 9. Disrupting the Pipeline: Decriminalising Child Protection-Involved Youth
A propos de l'auteur
Susan Baidawi is Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Social Work, Monash University, Australia. Her research studies lie at the nexus of the child welfare and criminal justice fields, areas in which she holds significant research experience. She has conducted research and authored numerous studies, reviews, and evaluations in the fields of child protection, out-of-home care, and criminal justice. In 2019, Dr Baidawi was awarded a three-year Early Career Fellowship from the Australian Research Council to conduct ongoing research focusing on crossover children in collaboration with the Children’s Court in Victoria, Australia.
Rosemary Sheehan is Professor at the Department of Social Work, Monash University, Australia, and held, until recently, a Governor-in-Council post as Dispute Resolution Convenor in the Victorian Children's Court. Her published research investigates child welfare and the law, mental health, and judicial and corrections' responses to offenders, particularly women offenders. Her major study of children’s courts in Australia, co-authored with Allan Borowski, Australia’s Children’s Courts Today and Tomorrow, is widely claimed as a unique study examining the role, operation, and challenges in courts, and what models and legislation more effectively respond to the socio-legal problems children and young people present to the courts.
Résumé
‘Crossover’ Children in the Youth Justice and Child Protection Systems explores the outcomes faced by the group of children who experience involvement with both child protection and youth justice systems across several countries, including the US, UK, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia.
