BREAKING THE JUVENILE CRIME CYCLE: REHABILITATING HIGH RISK YOUNG OFFENDERS

青少年罪犯的有效改过自新是一项紧迫的社会需求。利用纵向人口数据的数学模型，我们将确定再次犯罪、戒毒、健康危险行为和/或注射吸毒进展的预测因素。我们将与新南威尔士州少年司法部和新南威尔士州惩教健康服务部门合作，开发和试验基于社区的多系统干预措施，使用跨理论模型来减少再次犯罪。该项目将促进对青少年犯罪、其健康和药物滥用模式以及犯罪轨迹的理论了解，从而促进有效的政策和做法，以减少累犯，改善健康，并为面临犯罪生涯风险的澳大利亚青年创造亲社会的替代方案。

Effective rehabilitation of young offenders is an urgent social need. Using mathematical modelling of longitudinal population data, we will identify predictors of recidivism, desistance, health risk behaviours, and/or progression to injecting drug use. Collaborating with NSW Department of Juvenile Justice and NSW Corrections Health Service, we will develop and trial community-based multisystemic interventions using the transtheoretical model to reduce re-offending. This project will advance theoretical understanding of juvenile crime, its health and substance abuse patterns, and offence trajectories, thereby facilitating effective policies and practices to reduce recidivism, improve health and create prosocial alternatives for young Australians at risk of a criminal career.