By Dr. Kelly Richards The custodial remand of young people has recently emerged as a key issue for youth justice in Australia, due primarily to concerns about perceived increases in young people on custodial remand. Richards and Renshaw’s (2013) national study of remand for young people found that…

By Kerry Carrington and Kelly Richards, School of Justice, Faculty of Law, QUT In 2012 the Newman Government introduced changes to the youth justice system on the grounds that Queensland has been caught in the grip of a youth crime wave, and that young offenders were getting away…