Juvenile Detention
Politics & Society
Research
Australia doesn't have a youth crime problem. It has a youth justice problem
When Cleveland Dodd died in youth detention, the coroner found no single mistake – just a system that ignored the warnings. Harsher sentences won't fix that
Health & Medicine
Giving everyone the right to sport
Sport and physical activity are designated as human rights, so young people in the justice system need to be equitable access too
Health & Medicine
Too young for Facebook, old enough for prison?
Children can’t sign up to Facebook until age 13 but in Australia they can be prosecuted for a criminal offence at age ten, and that needs to change
Politics & Society
Teenage crime and language disorder
Research into teenage crime uncovers the invisible disorder holding many offenders back
Politics & Society
Children entitled to a life where their rights are protected
The confronting scenes at a juvenile detention centre are another illustration of Australia’s appalling history of institutional child abuse