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TY - JOUR
T1 - The neglected needs of care leavers in the criminal justice system
T2 - practitioners’ perspectives and the persistence of problem (corporate) parenting
AU - Fitzpatrick, Claire
AU - Williams, Patrick
N1 - The final, definitive version of this article has been published in the Journal, Criminology and Criminal Justice, 17 (2), 2017, © SAGE Publications Ltd, 2017 by SAGE Publications Ltd at the Criminology and Criminal Justice page: http://crj.sagepub.com/ on SAGE Journals Online: http://online.sagepub.com/
PY - 2017/4/1
Y1 - 2017/4/1
N2 - The link between experiences of care and criminal justice systems is well-documented, yet curiously neglected in policy and practice. Whilst the over-representation of care leavers in the justice system is often taken as given, there has been negligible change in policy and practice that appropriately responds to the needs of these individuals. Drawing on interviews with practitioners, this paper highlights a series of organisational and institutional barriers to implementing a unique intervention. More broadly, such barriers contribute to the persistence of care(less) practice, facilitating the neglect of care leavers’ needs to a system dominated by risk. It is argued that the continued inertia within this area can only be construed as practice negligence and an affront to justice.
AB - The link between experiences of care and criminal justice systems is well-documented, yet curiously neglected in policy and practice. Whilst the over-representation of care leavers in the justice system is often taken as given, there has been negligible change in policy and practice that appropriately responds to the needs of these individuals. Drawing on interviews with practitioners, this paper highlights a series of organisational and institutional barriers to implementing a unique intervention. More broadly, such barriers contribute to the persistence of care(less) practice, facilitating the neglect of care leavers’ needs to a system dominated by risk. It is argued that the continued inertia within this area can only be construed as practice negligence and an affront to justice.
KW - Care leavers
KW - criminalisation
KW - neglect
KW - needs
KW - risk
U2 - 10.1177/1748895816659324
DO - 10.1177/1748895816659324
M3 - Journal article
VL - 17
SP - 175
EP - 191
JO - Criminology and Criminal Justice
JF - Criminology and Criminal Justice
SN - 1748-8958
IS - 2
ER -