1st Edition

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

212 Pages 5 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

212 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 provides... Read more

1- Our Journey

2- Who we are

Section ONE:  Background to Indigenous youth offending

3- Indigenous worldviews and knowledge
Edmond Fehoko, Inez Fainga’a-Manu Sione, John Davis and Jessica Gerbic

4- Pasifika youth identity and belonging
Sean Vartiainen

5- Theories of youth offending
Patrick Mendes and Andrew Craig Immelman

6- Colonisation, racism and neoliberalism
Logan Hamley and Yvonne Ualesi

Section TWO: A case study: Pasifika Interventions

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

Section THREE: Special populations amongst youth offending

8- Harmful sexual behaviour – First Nations and Pasifika perspective
Julie Shelley and Esther Leauanae Earl

9- Understanding firesetting
Therese Ellis-Smith and Glen Nalder

10- Gendered pathways of justice-involved girls (Australia and Aotearoa NZ)
Lorana Bartels, Sharynne Hamilton and Raewyn Mutch

11- The forgotten children
Susan Baidawi, Amanda Jones, Negar Panahi, Nina Papalia, Ian Lambie

Section FOUR: Our final gift

12- Sparking the fire for global change
Victoria Nazzari, Karmyn Billing, Edmond Fehoko, Therese Ellis-Smith, Logan Hamley, Ian Lambie, Rochelle Nafatali, Julia Ioane

Biography

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

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

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

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

Ian Lambie is a 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.