Pre-and postcharge diversion programs have been used as a formal intervention strategy for
youth offenders since the 1970s. This meta-analysis was conducted to shed some light on …

OBJECTIVE: The links between child maltreatment and juvenile offending are well
established. However, the majority of maltreated children do not offend. The research …

I wrote forewords to earlier editions of this book when I was busily at work, in the judiciary,
deciding several of the cases that are recorded in these pages. Now, retired from judicial …

The main objective of the second edition of the Routledge Handbook of Critical Criminology
is twofold:(1) to provide original chapters that cover contemporary critical criminological …

Purpose This paper aims to refine our understanding of life course offending patterns across
gender and race/ethnicity and to advance work in this area by examining how gender and …

Indigenous over-representation in the criminal justice system is recognised as an important
social policy issue and'closing the gap'is a key priority for the sector, promoted through the …

Moffitt's dual typology of 'life-course persistent'and 'adolescence limited'offending has
received extensive empirical attention, but the extent to which the antisocial behaviour of …

There exists a healthy debate about the process and value of substantiation in child welfare.
Much of this debate focuses on understanding whether substantiated and unsubstantiated …

Contact with the police, as the first contact with the criminal justice system for young people
and children, may signify individuals who are vulnerable to later adverse social and health …

The Australian Institute of Criminology (AIC) was contracted by the Australian• Government
Attorney-General's Department (AGD) to examine the way that Australian governments had …