Findings of high rates of complex trauma among justice-involved young people have
engendered interest in developing trauma-informed youth justice systems. Although there …

In Australia, as elsewhere, there is consensus that new and more effective ways of
responding to young people who commit crimes need to be identified and, when available …

ABSTRACT# raisetheage is a campaign by a 'coalition of legal, medical and social justice
organisations' in Australia that aims to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 …

The term “complex needs” has been used to describe young people who have a range of
multiple and co-occurring problems that can be caused by individual level (eg, psychosocial …

This article aims to contribute to youth justice policy making for rural Australia. We use Doel-
Mackaway's rights-based model for the participation of First Nations young people in public …

Exposure to adversity or maltreatment is known to correlate with high-risk behaviors that can
increase the risk of contact with the criminal justice system; however, few studies have …

The delivery of high-quality case work is central to efforts to reform youth justice systems
around the world. Youth justice practitioners can be the most effective agents of change …

Trauma-informed approaches advocate for compassionate responses for everyone involved
in the justice system: victims of crime, justice practitioners, and people who have offended …

Approaches to practice should be rights-based and seek to ensure the active participation of
justice-involved children. It is necessary for practitioners to be explicit that children's …

The purpose of this chapter is to explore children's involvement in the design and delivery of
youth justice services and offer insight into how practitioners can promote children's voices …