Changing perspectives on ‘youth’ and young people

Dr Faith Gordon1 1Monash University, Melbourne, Australia The media provide ‘an illusion of “openness”, presenting itself as a forum for competing points of view’, but in reality ‘“discourse” or agenda … sets the limits to what shall and …what shall...
  • August 22, 2018
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Mr Joel Robert Mcgregor1 1University Of Newcastle, Callaghan, Australia This paper looks at the way that some case managers lived experience is brought to bear on definitions of ‘youth’. Those who work directly with young people have significant power to...
  • August 22, 2018
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Paul Bleakley1 1University Of New England, Armidale, Australia In spite of its reputation as a department riddled with corruption and misconduct for much of the 20th Century, the Queensland Police Force enjoyed a well-deserved reputation as international trailblazers in the...
  • July 13, 2018
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Natalia Antolak-saper1 1Faculty Of Law, Monash University  , Beaumaris, Australia In May 2017, the Victorian State Government introduced significant reforms to the juvenile justice system to, inter alia, ensure that ‘serious young offenders are held accountable for their actions and...
  • July 9, 2018
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