Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR CRIME JUSTICE AND SOCIAL DEMOCRACY
Volume 9, Issue 2, Pages 20-36Publisher
QUEENSLAND UNIV TECHNOLOGY
DOI: 10.5204/ijcjsd.v9i2.1256
Keywords
Youth Justice; Recovery Capital; Indigenous; Aboriginal; FASD; neurodevelopmental disability; hope
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- National Health and Medical Research Council [APP1072072]
- NHMRC Reducing the Effects of Antenatal Alcohol on Child Health Centre of Research Excellence [1110341]
- Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship
- Peter and Ann Hector Award
- FASD Research Australia Centre of Research Excellence
- Centre of Research Excellence Indigenous Health and Alcohol, University of Sydney (NHMRC) [APP1117198]
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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people are over-represented in Australian youth detention centres and the justice system. In contrast to deficit-focused approaches to health and justice research, this article engages with the hopes, relationships and educational experiences of 38 detained youth in Western Australia who participated in a study of screening and diagnosis for fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. We report on a qualitative study that used a 'social yarning' approach. While the participants reported lives marred by substance use, crime, trauma and neurodevelopmental disability, they also spoke of strong connections to country and community, their education experiences and their future goals. In line with new efforts for a 'positive youth justice' and extending on models of recovery capital, we argue that we must celebrate success and hope through a process of mapping and building recovery capital in the justice context at an individual and institutional level.
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