Home → Subjects → Young people → Police
Young people and crime
Juveniles and the police
Introduction
The formal contact young people have with the juvenile justice system usually begins with some kind of contact with the police. Most jurisdictions have detailed policies about how to deal with young offenders and many offer programs to prevent youth crime.
Contents
See also:
- Getting the story from children : good practice in forensic interviews
Australian Institute of Criminology, 2008 - Police cautioning in Queensland : the impact on juvenile offending pathways
Susan Dennison, Anna Stewart and Emily Hurren, 2006 - Juvenile offending trajectories : pathways from child maltreatment to juvenile offending, and police cautioning in Queensland
Susan Dennison, Anna Stewart and Emily Hurren, 2005 - Kids, cops, parents and teachers : exploring juvenile attitudes toward authority figures (PDF 149kB)
Terry Nihart, Kim Michelle Lersch, Christine Sellers, and Tom Mieczkowski. Western criminology review, March 2005 - Police reported and intended behaviour toward young offenders
Ann Parker, Juvenile justice confererence : from the lessons of the past to road map for the future, 2003 - Getting the balance right : the policing of young people in New South Wales
Lisa Hayes, Children and crime : victims and offenders conference, 1999 - Young people and the police
Owen Bevan, Juvenile crime and juvenile justice conference : towards 2000 and beyond, 1997 - Perceptions about the treatment of juveniles in the legal system
Christine Alder, Ian O'Connor, Kate Warner and Rob White, report for the National Youth Affairs Research Scheme, 1992