Cross-over kids: Effective responses to children and young people in the youth justice and statutory Child Protection systems

Susan Baidawi & Rosemary Sheehan - Report to the Criminology Research Advisory Council. Canberra: Australian Institute of Criminology

The study set out to examine the extent to which children and young people before the Criminal Division of the Victorian Children’s Court in Australia were also clients of the statutory Child Protection system, and to better understand the characteristics of this group.

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Stress sensitization among severely neglected children and protection by social enrichment

Mark Wade, Charles H. Zeanah, Nathan A. Fox, Florin Tibu, Laura E. Ciolan, Charles A. Nelson - Nature Communications

The current study uses data from a longitudinal randomized controlled trial to examine whether severe early neglect among children reared in institutions increases vulnerability to the effects of later stressful life events on externalizing problems in adolescence, and whether social enrichment in the form of high-quality foster care buffers this risk.

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A Swedish national study: Immigrant-country of birth status and child welfare compulsory care among a sample of parents with risky substance use

Amy S. He, Mojgan Padyab, Jennifer A. Sedivy, Lena Lundgren - Child Abuse & Neglect

Using Swedish registry national data, this study explored the relationship between immigration-country of birth status, psychosocial risk factors, and child compulsory care for parents with risky substance use (RSU).

Breaking cycles of poverty through child care institutions in Japan: According to a survey and interviews to university students who were fostered in child care institutions

Kayo Nishimoto, Mitsuhiro Ogawa, Qingyi Zhang, Hiroyuki Yamada, Ju Yang - International Journal of Educational Research

The purpose of this paper is to clarify the process of going to college and subsequent college life of those who have experiences of entering Child Care Institutions (CCI) in Japan and to discuss higher education policies concerning ‘child poverty’ based on the results.

“Family is Family Forever”: Perceptions of Family Changes After Deportation

Katrina Taschman & Bertranna A. Muruthi - Contemporary Family Therapy

This study employed a retrospective lens to explore adult experiences of their family post-deportation. Findings show that family went through a reorganization process after parental deportation which impacted how the child understood the deportation and affected the child’s perceptions and experiences of their parental loss.

Testing the effect of perceived social support on left-behind children’s mental well-being in mainland China: The mediation role of resilience

Xiaoyan Fan & Mengjia Lu - Children and Youth Services Review

The purpose of this study was to investigate the direct effect of perceived social support and the mediation role of resilience on left-behind children’s mental well-being.

Without my Family: The impact of family separation on child refugees in the UK

Helen Connolly - Amnesty International UK, the Refugee Council and Save the Children

In this report, Amnesty International UK, the Refugee Council and Save the Children expose how the UK Government’s policy on refugee family reunion is damaging the lives of children in the UK, and how its justifications for the policy are unsubstantiated.

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