Citation

Stanley E. Youth Justice 2017; 17(1): 57-72.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, National Association for Youth Justice, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1473225416669145

PMID

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Abstract

This article considers the trajectory of children from state care to imprisonment in relation to 105 New Zealanders who spent time in residential care between the 1950s and 1990s. Following previous research, the article demonstrates how children in state care are far more likely to progress into prisons as a result of maltreatment, multiple care placements, damaging residential cultures, social disadvantages and psychological harms, as well as differential treatment in the criminal justice system. This New Zealand research also shows how the interconnected and long-standing processes of victimization and criminalization increase the likelihood of a child transitioning from care to custody.

Language: en