AIC Conference Proceedings
No. 9: Preventing juvenile crime : proceedings of a conference held 17-19 July 1989
Julia Vernon and Sandra McKillop (eds)
ISBN 0 642 16637 4 ; ISSN 1034-5086
Canberra : Australian Institute of Criminology, 1991
Abstract
The papers presented at this conference describe a number of innovative programs which have been effective in preventing juvenile crime in different parts of Australia. They include employment programs, leisure pursuits, and community based activities. The criminal justice system is examined and alternative approaches in correcting and rehabilitating young offenders are considered.
Contents
- Delinquency prevention : individual control or social development?
Robert Semmens - The youth and the law project : community crime prevention in action
Youth and Staff from the Youth and the Law Project - Three years of youth participation in the community
John Engel - Child abuse - no way!
Axelle Moutia - The entertainment group forum project
Youth and the law project - How young people see school : this is no ship of fools
Roger Slee - Education and children at 'at risk'
Stephen Henderson - Helping alienated students
Peter Flint - The new-look police youth club
Percy Carter - 'Project DARE' drug abuse resistance education
Michael Smith - Yahoos : the Tasmanian response
Don Williams - Encouraging good citizenship within schools
Bob Shaw - Diverting young offenders the formal justice system
John Heslop - Police initiatives in juvenile justice
John McDonald - Love : the missing ingredient
Ron Barr and young participants from the Youth Insearch Foundation Australia Inc - Early school leaving : 'whatever happened to that kid?'
David Crosbie - Police and social workers: joint work with youth in England
David Jefferies - Youth work - taking it to the streets
Rob Oerlemans - Youth justice reform in New Zealand
Michael Doolan - Can the Children's Court prevent further offending?
Ian O'Connor - Community aid panel
Paul Dixon - A community driven response to offending
Allan Carter and Neil Drew - Youth attendance orders : a contribution to preventing juvenile crime
Adrian Commandeur and Michael Bayliss - Outdoor adventure camps : personal development through challenge
Bob Pearson - Community based initiatives in crime prevention
Viktor Urjadko - Positive responses to youthful graffiti
Michael O'Doherty - Aboriginal youth and offending
Ray Dunn - Youth advocacy
John Finlayson