@article{ref1,
title="The afterlife of decriminalisation: anti-trafficking, child protection, and the limits of trauma-informed efforts",
journal="Ethics and social welfare",
year="2022",
author="Musto, Jennifer Lynne",
volume="16",
number="2",
pages="169-192",
abstract="Numerous laws have passed to move away from criminalising youth who trade sex. Specialised courts have also been established to support youth. Despite proponents' contention that specialised, trauma-informed courts are less punitive than typical interventions, research is limited. This article explores one specialised dependency court's efforts to assist youth 'at risk'. Drawing on interviews and ethnographic observations, I argue that laws and trauma-informed court interventions intensify the supervision of youth and families while inadvertently concealing the gendered-racialised effects of child welfare system involvement. Ethnographic findings contribute to sociolegal and anti-carceral feminist research on carceral control beyond the criminal legal system. This work also explores the ethics of carceral-trauma entanglements that accompany decriminalisation's afterlife. Keywords: Human trafficking;   <p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1749-6535",
doi="10.1080/17496535.2021.2003836",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2021.2003836"
}