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Youth Justice Across the South Pacific: Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands book cover

1st Edition

Youth Justice Across the South Pacific Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific Islands

Edited By Julia Ioane, Karmyn Billing, Patrick Mendes, Ashley Morris, Ian Lambie Copyright 2027
220 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

220 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Youth Justice Across the South Pacific  integrates youth justice and criminology research, therapeutic literature, and the authors’ front-line experience to capture the complexity of youth offending and the ways in which these young people can present in therapeutic settings. Drawing on the expertise and wisdom of the communities and practitioners across the South Pacific, this book... Read more

Our Journey

Who We Are

Section One:  Background to Indigenous Youth Offending

1- Indigenous Worldviews and Knowledge in the Youth Justice Space
Edmond Fehoko, Inez Fainga’a-Manusione, John Davis, and Jessica Gerbic

2- Pasifika Youth – Identity and Belonging
Sean Vartiainen

3- Theories of Youth Offending
Patrick Mendes and Andrew Craig Immelman

4- Colonisation, Racism, and Neoliberalism: Addressing Structural Oppression to Support Māori and Pasifika Youth in the Justice System
Logan Hamley and Yvonne Ualesi

Section Two: A Case Study: Pasifika Interventions

5- Pasifika Interventions for Talavou (Youth)
Rochelle Nafatali, Vaoiva Natapu-Ponton, and Julia Ioane

Section Three: Special Populations Amongst Youth Offending

6- Harmful Sexual Behaviour: A First Nations and Pasifika Perspective
Carmen Julie Shelley and Esther Leauanae Earl

7- Understanding Firesetting in Australia: How Can Current Arson Theory and Treatment Programs Be Better Informed to Provide Culturally Relevant Responses for First Nations Young People?
Therese Ellis-Smith and Glenda Harward-Nalder

8- The Gendered Pathways of Justice-Involved Girls in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand
Lorana Bartels, Sharynne Hamilton, and Raewyn Mutch

9- The Forgotten Children: Child Offending
Kate Perry, Ian Lambie, Susan Baidawi, Amanda Jones, Negar Panahi, Nina Papalia, and Chris Garrod

Section Four: Our Final Gift

10- Sparking the Fire for Global Change – A New Beginning
Victoria Nazari, Karmyn Billing, Edmond Fehoko, Therese Ellis-Smith, Logan Hamley, Ian Lambie, Rochelle Nafatali, and Julia Ioane

Biography

Julia Ioane is Professor of Clinical and Pacific Psychology at Massey University, Auckland, Aotearoa, New Zealand, and Clinical Psychologist in the Justice Sector.

Karmyn Billing is a Clinical Psychologist in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland, Aotearoa, New Zealand.

Patrick Mendes is Senior Māori Cultural Advisor at Tū Māia, Auckland, Aotearoa, New Zealand.

Ashley Morris is Executive Director, First Nations Services at Victoria Legal Aid, Melbourne, Australia.

Ian Lambie is Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Auckland, Aotearoa, New Zealand, and Chief Science Advisor for the Justice Sector for the New Zealand Government.

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