Demographic, drug use and criminal correlates of risky drug practices were examined among 279 detained youth in NSW Juvenile Justice Centres. Binge drinking was common, with 63% reporting the consumption of at least five drinks in a row in the 2 weeks prior to incarceration. It was associated ...
In this article, ‘professional youth work’ refers to those who work in a paid capacity with young people using specific youth work methodologies (Cooper Citation2018), does not include those who work with young people using different methods, for example, social workers and youth justice ...
These significant positive long-term trends are often lost in the criticisms levelled at the youth justice system.Originality/value\nThis paper highlights a series of positive developments that have generally received little or no attention in the extant literature. Australia, as with other ...