The Myth of the child offender: Online panel session

Newitt, R. (Contributor)

Social Work

Activity: Community Talks, Presentations, Exhibitions and Events › Public lecture/debate/seminar

Description

JYP-Network co-convenor Dr Diana Johns participated in a panel discussion with other members of the Australia & New Zealand Society of Criminology’s (ANZSOC) newly formed Thematic Group on Children and Young People in the Criminal Justice System – Dr Susie Baidawi (Monash University) and Robyn Oxley (University of Western Sydney). The event was hosted by Thematic Group convenors Dr Emma Colvin, Dr Shelley Turner and Dr Faith Gordon. For the 100+ people who attended the webinar, it was a rich opportunity to explore some of these issues, ask difficult questions, and challenge some of our deeply held and often taken-for-granted assumptions about ‘children’ as ‘offenders’.

Period	20 Sept 2020
Event title	The myth of the child offender: Online panel session with Q&A for Social Sciences Week 2020 by members of the Children, Young People and the Criminal Justice ANZSOC thematic group
Event type	Seminar
Location	AustraliaShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International

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What does it mean to understand the ‘child offender’ as a ‘myth’? How do we – as social scientists, practitioners, researchers, teachers, law enforcers, students, a society – understand the criminalisation of children? Why are some children criminalised more than others? What happens when we criminalise children? And why are these questions important to ask, and to reflect on, for all of us?