Exploring Ways the Youth Court System Can Address Youth Mental Health and Reduce Youth Offending: A New Zealand Comparative Study
Seventeen-year-olds in YJ experience elevated levels of poverty, trauma, and mental health distress. Criminalizing trauma and mental distress is preventable. Forensic clinicians must facilitate evidence-based culturally safe mental health and addiction rehabilitation as part of a crime prevention strategy.
Authors
- Terryann Clark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5499-5080)
- Juliette Stephens
- Helen Butler (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1440-3292)
Institutions
- University of Auckland (NZ)
- Auckland District Health Board (NZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Forensic Nursing
- Published
- 2025-06-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/jfn.0000000000000552
- Primary Topic
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00