Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of Australia’s children, especially those most vulnerable because of their circumstances, continues to be a contentious and elusive area of policy reform. This study aims to provide a national focus for reforms to the child protection and youth justice systems by examining the nature of recommendations from 61 reports and...

The University of Sydney and Youth Justice New South Wales signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in July 2021. This MoU builds on various prior collaborative activities between the two organisations and related work in other jurisdictions. This paper reflects on the progress and challenges of collaboration of this kind.

This document outlines the Victorian government’s response to the 'Yoorrook for justice' report, which was the culmination of a year-long inquiry into Victoria's child protection and criminal justice systems.

This report looks at young people who were under youth justice supervision in Australia during 2022–23 because of their involvement or alleged involvement in crime. It explores the key aspects of supervision, both in the community and in detention, as well as recent trends.

This study sought to generate new knowledge about children aged 10 to 13 years who are charged with offending, including their characteristics and support needs, the application of doli incapax provisions with this group, and their offending, criminal justice outcomes and trajectories. The study also identified significant opportunities to improve early therapeutic and social support...