Oral Presentation

Assistant Commissioner Joseph Cassar1, Mr Dominic  Teakle2 1NSW Police Force, Sydney, Australia, 2Police Citizens Youth Clubs (PCYC) NSW, Whalan, Australia The NSW Police Force and PCYC NSW have partnered together to deliver a suite of early intervention programs for young...

Mr Greg Edwards1, Mr Kelvin  Cook1 1Juvenile Justice NSW, Dubbo, Australia In response to the high number of juveniles, predominantly aboriginal, detained on lengthy remand periods, the Western Region implemented a specialised team in 2012 to focus on reducing the...

Ms Mandy Loundar1, Mr Hamish Thorburn2 1Juvenile Justice NSW, Sydney, Australia, 2NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, Sydney, Australia Randomised controlled trials are considered to be the ‘gold standard’ for research designs. However, implementation of a randomized controlled trial...

Ms Ruth Marshall1 1Juvenile Justice Nsw, , Australia Young people with intellectual disability or cognitive impairment are over-represented in the criminal justice system for a number of reasons, and the role of our staff at Juvenile Justice is to identify...

Mr Jesse Nastaly1 1University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia Background: Those who fail to complete intervention programs are at greater risk of reoffending and often re-offend more rapidly. The research into the prediction of program attrition and its relationship...

Ms Carol Thomas1, Mr  David Poulier1 1Juvenile Justice Nsw, , Australia Juvenile Justice NSW is working in partnership with an Aboriginal community controlled organisation on the South Coast of NSW to implement a reintegration and transition program for Aboriginal young...

Miss Kristina Bustamante1, Mrs Kathryn Khademi1 1Juvenile Jusitce, Sydney, Australia This paper explores the context and rationale for the development of the updated practice framework for JJNSW. A practice framework is defined as a conceptual map that consolidates an agency’s...

Ms Elizabeth Colliver1 1Youth Justice, North Australian Aboriginal Justice Agency, Darwin, Australia In November 2017 the Royal Commission into the Protection & Detention of Children in the Northern Territory recommended that electronic monitoring conditions should only be considered when there...

Ms Jodie Robinson1, Dr Sarah Anderson1 1Community Services Directorate, Canberra, Australia The Blueprint for Youth Justice in the ACT 2012-2022 (the Blueprint) provides the strategic direction for youth justice in the ACT to achieve the ACT Government’s priorities for ‘more...

Miss Hayley Passmore1,2, Clinical Associate Professor Raewyn Mutch1,2,3, Associate Professor Sharyn Burns4, Associate Professor Guy Hall5, Professor Jonathan  Carapetis1, Professor Carol Bower1 1Telethon Kids Institute, Perth, Australia, 2School of Paediatrics and Child Health, The University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia,...