'Just another policy document?' Can a protocol end the criminalisation of kids in care?. (March 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: McFarlane, Kath; Colvin, Emma; McGrath, Andrew; Gerard, Alison
• Is Part Of: Alternative law journal. Volume 44:Number 1(2019)
• Page Start: 37
• Page End: 42
• Publication Date: 2019-03
• Subjects: Out-of-home-care -- children's court -- juvenile justice -- young people -- Joint Protocol -- criminalisation; Law -- Australia -- Periodicals; Law -- Social aspects -- Australia -- Periodicals; Law reform -- Australia -- Periodicals; 349.94
• DOI: 10.1177/1037969X18795498
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1037-969X

Abstract

This article examines the New South Wales Joint Protocol to Reduce the Contact of Young People in Residential OOHC with the Criminal Justice System (2016 ) from the perspective of residential out-of-home-care providers, police, lawyers and departmental staff involved in the child welfare and criminal justice systems in New South Wales.