Australia’s abstention from the United Nations vote on the protection of civilians and upholding international legal and humanitarian obligations in the Israel/Palestine conflict is deplorable and deeply sad. That should be a given.

It's time to shift our approach from detention to diversion, rehabilitation rather than punishment! Send an email to your state's Attorney General asking them to commit to raising the age to 14: bit.ly/RaisetheAgeto14 #RaiseTheAge

New paper: rdcu.be/dr1k4 We confirmed that people with persistent and serious offending patterns experienced the highest rates of mental health problems and more contacts with mental health services as they age Griffith Criminology Institute

NEW RESEARCH | Mental health needs are greater among those with the most extensive, serious, & enduring offending trajectories. This link is most pronounced for Indigenous women and men > link.springer.com/article/10.100… #mentalhealth #Indigenous #australia #mentalillness #ResearchPapers

GCI is seeking a Clinical Manager to join the Griffith Youth Forensic Service team. This is a full-time, fixed term position based at our Mount Gravatt campus. Applications close 11:59pm AEST Friday, 5 January 2024 > jobs.smartrecruiters.com/GriffithUniver… #JobOpportunities #JobSearch #Careers

GCI is seeking a Clinician to join the Griffith Youth Forensic Service team. This is a full-time, fixed term position based at our Mt Gravatt campus. Applications close 11:59pm AEST Friday, 5 January 2024 > jobs.smartrecruiters.com/GriffithUniver… #JobOpportunities #JobSearch #Careers #research

🚨 New paper: we looked at reoffending outcomes for high-risk youth with sexual offences who participated in specialised and field-based treatment provided by GYFS during the first 10-years of operation journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.11… Griffith Criminology Institute Dr Nadine McKillop

ACTION: Join me in urging the Australian Government to support South's Africa's ICJ case against Israeli genocide apan.org.au/support-south-…

A must share video! Perhaps the most important part of the South Africa case against Israel at the ICJ today presented.

Youth incarcerated in adult facilities have poorer mental health (depression/anxiety) as they become adults. That's the finding of our (Ian A. Silver (@ianasilver.bsky.social), Dylan B. Jackson) new study out today in Journal of Adolescent Health. No kids should be locked up with adults. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

NEW ARTICLE I This study compares the prevalence of different mental disorders and mental comorbidities between mothers and non-mothers and assesses correlates of mental disorders among mothers. In Archives of Women’s Mental Health: link.springer.com/article/10.100… #criminology #mentalhealth #motherhood

NEW ARTICLE | This study draws on longitudinal population-based linked administrative data for the state of QLD & explores the population prevalence of notified & substantiated child sexual abuse and multi-type maltreatment within custodial settings ➡️ tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

🚨 New pub! Our team confirmed that the the criminalisation of young people in #QLD disproportionately impacts First Nations youth. Early and non-punative responses are needed to address overrepresentation #RaiseTheAge Griffith Criminology Institute bit.ly/3YAznGI

NEW ARTICLE I While there is growing recognition of a significant overlap between mental disorders and incarceration, there exists some important knowledge gaps. Written by Diksha Sapkota, James Ogilvie, Carleen Thompson, Aydan Kuluk, Susan Dennison: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

If you are around the northern hemisphere (or a 🌙🦉) Come hear me talk about how adversity and trauma impact young kids with prenatal alcohol exposure and FASD!

Sick and suicidal children are being held in Queensland police watch houses for weeks without receiving any medical or psychological care, according to a new report from the state’s youth detention watchdog that warns of “catastrophic consequences”. theguardian.com/australia-news…

How about legislating for a change to the minimum age of criminal responsibility to protect some of the most vulnerable children from being criminalised? #RaiseTheAge #auspol

It’s not an explosion It’s the same small cohort of around 400 YP who have been neglected due to poverty and lack of parental capacity and cast out since early in life by society. Hysteria unhelpful

Jason Payne Griffith Criminology Institute Tara Renae McGee Corrie Williams Lesley McAra susan mcvie Our fourth article in this special issue is by James Ogilvie Carleen Thompson, Krystal Lockwood, Simon Little, Troy Allard, Lisa Thomsen & Susan Dennison Griffith Criminology Institute on the characteristics of children who have contact with the YJS in Queensland #MACR tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

🚨New paper 🚨 Using a large birth cohort, we demonstrated a significant link between the experience of child maltreatment and a range of mental illnesses bit.ly/3CEemSB Griffith Criminology Institute Griffith University