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Australia's Children's Courts Today and Tomorrow

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Editors:
  1. Rosemary Sheehan

    1. Department of Social Work, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

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  2. Allan Borowski

    1. School of Social Work and Social Policy, University La Trobe, Melbourne, Australia

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  • Only book currently available on the Children’s Court
  • An exploration of the welfare and justice approaches to resolving care and protection and youth offending cases that are before the courts

Part of the book series: Children’s Well-Being: Indicators and Research (CHIR)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction: Australia’s Children’s Courts – The Study and Its Context

    • Rosemary Sheehan
    Pages 1-6
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  3. The Mandate of the Children’s Courts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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  4. The Mandate of the Children’s Courts

    1. The Childrens Court in the Australian Capital Territory

      • Peter Camilleri, Lorraine Thomson, Morag McArthur
      Pages 9-26
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    2. The Children’s Court in New South Wales

      • Elizabeth Fernandez, Jane Bolitho, Patricia Hansen, Myvanwy Hudson
      Pages 27-44
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    3. Youth Justice, Child Protection and the Role of the Youth Courts in the Northern Territory

      • Deborah West, David Heath
      Pages 45-64
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    4. The Children’s Court in Queensland: Where to from Here?

      • Clare Tilbury, Paul Mazerolle
      Pages 65-83
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    5. The Children’s Court of South Australia

      • Daniel King, Andrew Day, Paul Delfabbro
      Pages 85-101
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    6. The Children’s Court in Tasmania

      • Max Travers, Rob White, Michael McKinnon
      Pages 103-121
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    7. The Children’s Court of Victoria

      • Allan Borowski, Rosemary Sheehan
      Pages 123-142
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    8. Youth Justice and Child Protection: The Children’s Court in Western Australia

      • Caroline Spiranovic, Joseph Clare, Mike Clare, Brenda Clare
      Pages 143-162
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  6. Back Matter

    Pages 209-216
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About this book

The Children’s Court is one of society’s most important social institutions. At the same time, it is steeped in controversy. This is in large measure due to the persistence and complexity of the problems with which it deals, namely, juvenile crime and child abuse and neglect. Despite the importance of the Children’s Court as a means of holding young people accountable for their anti-social behaviour and parents for the care of their children, it has not been the subject of close study. Certainly it has not been previously studied nationally. This book, an edited collection, is based on the findings of study that spanned the six States and two Territories of Australia. The study sought to examine the current challenges faced by the Children’s Court and to identify desirable and feasible directions for reform in each State and Territory. A further unique feature of this study is that it canvassed the views of judges and magistrates who preside over this court.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Social Work, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

    Rosemary Sheehan

  • School of Social Work and Social Policy, University La Trobe, Melbourne, Australia

    Allan Borowski

About the editors

Allan Borowski is Professor of Social Work and Social Policy, Department of Social Work and Social Policy, Faculty of Health Sciences, La Trobe University, Melbourne campus, Victoria 3086. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia a member of the Research Panel, Criminology Research Council. Rosemary Sheehan is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Work, Monash University, Victoria; she holds a Governor-in-Council appointment to the Children’s Court of Victoria to conduct alternative dispute resolution conferences and is a member of the Victorian Child Death Review Committee.

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