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Biography
Dr Susan Baidawi is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Social Work. Her research studies lies at the nexus of the child welfare and criminal justice fields, areas in which she holds significant research experience. She has conducted and authored outputs for numerous studies, reviews and evaluations in the child protection, out-of-home care, leaving care and youth justice fields.
Dr Baidawi is funded by an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Research Award (DECRA) Fellowship (2019-21) for the project "Dual child protection and youth justice clients: expanding the evidence base". This project investigates the phenomenon of children who cross over from statutory child protection systems into youth justice systems, and is being conducted in partnership with the Children's Court of Victoria. The analysis will draw data from Children’s Court files and international policy, and expects to generate new knowledge regarding the characteristics and trajectories of crossover children, and to improve understandings of how this group differs from children only involved with child protection or youth justice systems. The findings will inform novel and effective approaches to preventing and responding to the drift of children from child protection into youth justice systems which will improve social and economic outcomes for young people and the broader community.
Research area keywords
- child protection
- youth justice
- older prisoners
- out-of-home care
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Projects
- 1 Active
Dual child protection and youth justice clients:Expanding the evidence base
Australian Research Council (ARC)
2/02/19 → 1/02/22
Project: Research
Research Output
"Crossover" Children in the Youth Justice and Child Protection Systems
Baidawi, S. & Sheehan, R., 2020, 1st ed. Abingdon Oxon UK: Routledge. 161 p. (Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice)Research output: Book/Report › Book › Research › peer-review
Transcending the professional-client divide: Supporting young people with complex support needs through transitions
Ellem, K., Smith, L., Baidawi, S., McGhee, A. & Dowse, L., 19 Jan 2020, (Accepted/In press) In : Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal. 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Collaborative Family Work in Youth Justice
Trotter, C., Evans, P. & Baidawi, S., Jun 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Australian Social Work. 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Crossover children: Examining initial criminal justice system contact among child protection-involved youth
Baidawi, S., 1 Oct 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Australian Social Work. 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
'Crossover kids': Offending by child protection-involved youth
Baidawi, S. & Sheehan, R., 13 Dec 2019, In : Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice. 2019, 582, p. 1-23 23 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Prizes
Monash University Leon Piterman Award 2017
Susan Baidawi (Recipient), 2018
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
Invited member - Community Crime Prevention, Panel of Local Experts
Susan Baidawi (Fellow)2020
Activity: External Academic Engagement › Committees and working groups
Member - Outcomes Practice Evidence Network (OPEN) Steering Committee
Susan Baidawi (Fellow)2020
Activity: External Academic Engagement › Committees and working groups
Australian Social Work (Journal)
Susan Baidawi (Peer reviewer)Jan 2020
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
Australian Research Council (Publisher)
Susan Baidawi (Peer reviewer)2020 → …
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
International Journal of Prisoner Health (Journal)
Susan Baidawi (Peer reviewer)Jan 2020
Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Peer review responsibility
Press / Media
From care to custody: the tragic trajectory of crossover kids
Susan Baidawi & Rosemary Sheehan
13/12/19 → 17/12/19
1 item of Media coverage, 1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Article/Feature
Frail elderly put new pressure on prisons to provide palliative care
1/01/16
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment