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Rudi Maxwell

Justice system puts troubled tweens on downward spiral

Many children in contact with the criminal justice system are themselves victims and survivors. (Joe Castro/AAP PHOTOS)

Approaches to youth justice for the youngest children who can be charged in Australia have little therapeutic or developmental benefit and fly in the face of international human rights advice.

A report by the Australian Institute of Criminology, looking at police and children's court outcomes for kids aged 10 to 13, found current approaches continue to criminalise them.

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