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- Young People with Cognitive Disability in Transition to Adulthood
- Young People with Cognitive Disability in Transition to Adulthood
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Violence against Young People with Cognitive Disability
- Chapter 3 Working in Partnership with People with Lived Experience
- Chapter 4 Amethyst’s Story
- Chapter 5 Experiences of Young People with Cognitive Disability
- Chapter 6 The Many Faces of Violence
- Chapter 7 Young People and the National Disability Insurance Scheme
- Chapter 8 Don’t Give Up on Us
- Chapter 9 Housing, Home, and Mental Well-Being
- Chapter 10 Young People’s Experiences of the Child Protection and Criminal Justice Systems
- Chapter 11 Having Someone in Your Corner
- Chapter 12 In the Voices of Participants
- References
- Index
Chapter 10 - Young People’s Experiences of the Child Protection and Criminal Justice Systems
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 February 2025
- Young People with Cognitive Disability in Transition to Adulthood
- Young People with Cognitive Disability in Transition to Adulthood
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Violence against Young People with Cognitive Disability
- Chapter 3 Working in Partnership with People with Lived Experience
- Chapter 4 Amethyst’s Story
- Chapter 5 Experiences of Young People with Cognitive Disability
- Chapter 6 The Many Faces of Violence
- Chapter 7 Young People and the National Disability Insurance Scheme
- Chapter 8 Don’t Give Up on Us
- Chapter 9 Housing, Home, and Mental Well-Being
- Chapter 10 Young People’s Experiences of the Child Protection and Criminal Justice Systems
- Chapter 11 Having Someone in Your Corner
- Chapter 12 In the Voices of Participants
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter looks at the Department of Child Safety and the criminal justice system. Child Safety often didn’t understand that a young person had a cognitive disability. Sometimes young people with cognitive disability were abused while they were in Child Safety. Young people with cognitive disability often did not get much help when they left Child Safety. Parents with cognitive disability often had their children removed from them by Child Safety. Some young people were abused by police. Young people with cognitive disability who went to prison didn’t get much help. They also found it hard when they left prison.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025