If we want to give young people who have made mistakes the best possible chance to be accountable for their actions and to reset their lives, we need to provide the services and supports that make that possible.
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Award-winning juvenile mental health researcher Sanne Oostermeijer tells our podcast how good prison design can contribute to young people’s rehabilitation and help reduce crime.
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Watch the full recording or highlights clip from our Breaking the Cycle webinar, which untangled the complex factors contributing to youth offending.
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Arrente Elder Pat Ansell Dodds tells us about the bigger picture of youth offending in Northern Australia, and how we might provide young people with the support they need and deserve.
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Housing programs manager Kane Apelu explains how breaking the link between homelessness and offending helps people address the root causes of anti-social behaviour and move away from crime.
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Cultural worker Jes Wikaira explains the complex and compounding factors that lead to an over-representation of culturally diverse young people in our justice system.
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While our youth justice systems continue to experience significant challenges, several key steps made this year give us hope compassionate and effective change lies ahead.
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Jesuit Social Services’ policy manager Elle Jackson unpacks our practical recommendations to realise a fair, effective and humane youth justice system for Victoria ahead of the state election.
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Arrernte and Amjatere elder Pat Ansell Dodds shares the bigger picture of youth crime in the Northern Territory – and the role country, culture and respect play in keeping kids out of trouble.
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Award-winning researcher Dr Sanne Oostermeijer offers a therapeutic vision for the design of youth justice facilities – one that better supports young people and helps reduce reoffending.
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The NT’s decision raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12 years is a step in the right direction and a renewed opportunity for all states and territories to raise the age to 14, in line with expert medical evidence and international standards.
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Former police officer Dean McGowan shares how he fell through the cracks, reset his life, and served 33 years on the force with compassion and care.
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Community development worker Dave Hammond tells the story of his house being burgled by a 14-year-old – and much more, about the values and choices that make us who we are.
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We speak with researcher Dr Robert Bonnett, whose PhD examined whether, and why, the Victorian Government’s restorative Youth Justice Group Conferencing Program is effective at reducing reoffending while keeping young people out of prison.
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We speak with Kane Apelu, who manages Jesuit Social Services’ housing programs, about breaking the cycle between youth homelessness and offending to get young people on a better path.
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We speak with Victoria’s Principal Commission for Children and Young People, Liana Buchanan, about criminal justice reform and community support to create better paths for troubled young people.
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We speak with cultural and intensive support worker Jes Wikaira about Maori and Pasikifa young people’s experiences in the justice system, and the of family and culture in moving away from crime.
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Watch the full recording or highlights clip from our Justice in Jobs webinar, which explored the role of employment in enabling young people in trouble to reset their lives.
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We speak with Victoria’s Principal Commission for Children and Young People, Liana Buchanan, about scrutinising to make the state’s youth justice system fairer and more effective.
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Watch the full recording or highlights clip from our School Not Prison webinar, which explored the role of education in enabling young people in trouble to reset their lives.
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