Changes in the prevalence and nature of violent crime by youth in Victoria, Australia

Papalia, Nina; Thomas, Stuart; Ching, Hannah; Daffern, Michael

doi:10.1080/13218719.2014.937476

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“…Youth crime figures from Australia have documented a 4% reduction in the overall number of young offenders in 2013/2014, 20 although the number of violent offences committed by young people in the urbanised and densely populated region of Victoria has increased by 75% between 2000 and 2010. 21 …”

Section: Trends In Youth Crimementioning

confidence: 99%

Juvenile delinquency, welfare, justice and therapeutic interventions: a global perspective

2017

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This review considers juvenile delinquency and justice from an international perspective. Youth crime is a growing concern. Many young offenders are also victims with complex needs, leading to a public health approach that requires a balance of welfare and justice models. However, around the world there are variable and inadequate legal frameworks and a lack of a specialist workforce. The UK and other high-income countries worldwide have established forensic child and adolescent psychiatry, a multifaceted discipline incorporating legal, psychiatric and developmental fields. Its adoption of an evidence-based therapeutic intervention philosophy has been associated with greater reductions in recidivism compared with punitive approaches prevalent in some countries worldwide, and it is therefore a superior approach to dealing with the problem of juvenile delinquency.

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Section: Trends In Youth Crimementioning

confidence: 99%