Mr Shaun Brown1, Mr Leon Wharekura1, Mrs Rose Wereta1, Ms Pamela South1  1Oranga Tamariki – Ministry for Children, , New Zealand Rangatahi Māori (Māori young people) are over-represented in the New Zealand youth justice system, and Oranga Tamariki — Ministry...

Carolyn Newbigin1, Dr Tamara Blakemore2, Karen  Freeman3, Elena Campbell4, Aaron Tang5, Lydia Hamilton1 1Juvenile Justice NSW, Sydney, Australia, 2University of Newcastle, Newcastle, Australia, 3NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Sydney, Australia, 4RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia, 5Legal Aid NSW, Sydney,...

Ms Phyllis Meier1, Mr Michael Williams2 1Oranga Tamariki, Wellington, New Zealand, 2Youth Horizons Trust| Kia Pūawai, Auckland, New Zealand Three government agencies, Oranga Tamariki, Corrections and Police have formed strategic partnerships with Youth Horizons and the Functional Family Therapy model...

Mr Allan Boreham1, Ms Liz  Marsden2 1Oranga Tamariki, Wellington, New Zealand, 2Ngapuhi Iwi Social Services, Te Tai Tokerau, New Zealand 30 years ago the Children, Young Persons and their Families Act was enacted with a promise of radical change for...

Mr Luke Francis1, Ms Amanda  White2 1Youth Justice, Adelaide, Australia, 2Youth Justice, Adelaide , Australia Young people in contact with the Youth Justice system typically exhibit needs related to offending behaviour including emotional dysregulation, antisocial attitudes and peers, substance abuse,...

Ms Karen Freeman1 1NSW Bureau Of Crime Statistics And Research, Sydney, Australia There is an extensive body of criminological research examining the offending behaviour of young people; their characteristics, offending trajectories and the nature of their offending. Likewise, an extensive...

Ms Victoria Williams1, Ms  Sasha  Greenoff1 1Aboriginal Legal Service Of Western Australia, Perth, Australia Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children are one of the most imprisoned groups in the world. WA has the highest rate of overrepresentation of Aboriginal and...

Dr Susan Baidawi1 1Monash University, Melbourne, Australia Children who come to the attention of statutory Child Protection services due to abuse, neglect and parental incapacity are twelve times more likely to offend and come under the supervision of Youth Justice...

Dr Rohan Borschmann1, Ms. Holly Tibble2, A/Prof. Matthew Spittal1, Mr.  Alexander Love1, Prof. Stuart Kinner3 1University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia, 2University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, 3Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia Background: We aimed to estimate the suicide rate in...

Ms Grace O’Brien1 1Phd Candidate University Of Technology Sydney, , Australia Despite ample international literature regarding the school-to-prison pipeline, juvenile justice researchers in the Australian context have remained relatively silent about this phenomenon.  While there are considerable studies investigating the...