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- Early intervention and prevention Phil Crane, Jillian Brannock
(Project Directors), a report to the National Youth Affairs Research Scheme www.acys.utas.edu.au/nyars/pdfs/pdfs-homelessness/h-full.pdf [accessed 19 September 2011] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - The study found that young people see their relations with parents, or other parent figures as central to their capacity to remain at home. Young people indicated they principally left home because of conflict with parents, various forms of abuse, because they were kicked out, and/or because of drug and alcohol related issues. Themes of a lack of felt emotional support, a culture of blame, and unresolved grief and loss pervade the accounts of these young people. Young people suggested that well in advance of home leaving occurring, there needs to be improved parental and adult attitudes and behaviours to them, greater understanding of the impact of new parental partners on them, a halt to abuse, and early access to third party facilitation of communication. ***
ARCHIVES *** Runaways
- Where To Turn For Help Before You Are Homeless www.homeless.org.au/runaways.htm [accessed 30 March 2011] Here are the best
phone numbers to call …They are Confidential - which means they won't tell
anyone about your call unless you want them to talk to somebody for you, or
you are in danger. They are open 24
Hours - it doesn't matter what time you call
In Australia, call 1800 55 1800 ECPAT Global Monitoring Report on the
status of action against commercial exploitation of children - AUSTRALIA [PDF] ECPAT 2005 www.ecpat.net/A4A_2005/PDF/EAP/Global_Monitoring_Report-AUSTRALIA.pdf [accessed 30 March 2011] Although A significant
number of indigenous children, in particular, have been victimised
by sexual abuse as a result of inadequate policies for their protection,
which also makes them vulnerable to commercial sexual exploitation. – sccp UNICEF
- www.unicef.org/infobycountry/australia.html [accessed 30 March 2011] Human
Rights Reports » 2005 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61601.htm [accessed 19 January 2011] INDIGENOUS
PEOPLE -
According to a 2004 ABS survey indigenous youth were 1.9 times more likely
than non-indigenous youth to leave school before graduation; however, this
was a significant improvement over the previous 5 years. Although Aboriginal
adults represented only 2.2 percent of the adult population, according to the
ABS they accounted for approximately 21 percent of the total prison
population and were imprisoned at 11 times the rate of non-indigenous persons
as of June 2004, down from 15 times the non-indigenous rate in 2002. More
than 45 percent of Aboriginal men between the ages of 20 and 30 years had
been arrested at some time in their lives. In 2003 Aboriginal juveniles
accounted for 47 percent of those between the ages of 10 to 17 in juvenile
correctional institutions. Human rights observers noted that socioeconomic
conditions gave rise to the common precursors of indigenous crime, including
unemployment, homelessness, and boredom. Indigenous groups
charged that police harassment of indigenous people, including juveniles, was
pervasive and that racial discrimination by police and prison custodians
persisted. Human rights groups and indigenous people alleged a pattern of
mistreatment and arbitrary arrests occurring against a backdrop of unofficial
yet systemic discrimination. Concluding Observations of the Committee on
the Rights of the Child (CRC) UN Convention on the Rights of the Child,
September 30, 2005 www1.umn.edu/humanrts/crc/australia2005.html [accessed 19 January 2011] [51] The Committee
welcomes the various efforts of the State party to reduce suicide among youth
in recent years, but it remains concerned that the youth suicide rate is
still high, especially among indigenous children and homeless adolescents,
and that mental health problems and substance abuse are increasing. [65] While the
Committee welcomes the information that the State party is seriously
considering the issue of youth homelessness, including by means of the
National Homelessness Strategy and the “Reconnect” program, it wishes to
express concern at the situation of homeless children, who are also more
likely to be affected by educational and relational problems and are more
exposed to substance abuse and sexual exploitation. Indigenous children beg police for help Tanya Chilcott, The
Courier-Mail, December 20, 2007 www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/indigenous-kids-cry-for-help/story-e6freoof-1111115169804 [accessed 30 March 2011] The details of the
way some They tell of a
litany of abuse and neglect at the most basic levels – from rape and
malnutrition to homelessness and child prostitution. "In addition,
the review team was told that children as young as nine years of age are
sexually active. It was alleged that girls less than 16 years of age are
soliciting men for sex in return for money, alcohol and marijuana." 300 street kids at risk of abuse Craig Bildstien,
The Advertiser, February 14, 2007 www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/street-kids-at-risk-of-abuse/story-e6freo8c-1111112999686 [accessed 30 March 2011] At least 300 street children in Gang culture in our schools [access information unavailable] "These kids
are not yet organised, but if somebody with some
real gang experience, an older person who wants to move drugs or weapons,
gets a hold of these kids and organises them,
that's when Brisbane's going to have a problem." I can tell you this, this is already
happening. Homelessness among young people in Phil Crane, Jillian Brannock
(Project Directors), a report to the National Youth Affairs Research Scheme www.acys.utas.edu.au/nyars/pdfs/pdfs-homelessness/h-full.pdf [accessed 19 September 2011] EXECUTIVE SUMMARY - The study found
that young people see their relations with parents, or other parent figures
as central to their capacity to remain at home. Young people indicated they
principally left home because of conflict with parents, various forms of
abuse, because they were kicked out, and/or because of drug and alcohol
related issues. Themes of a lack of felt emotional support, a culture of
blame, and unresolved grief and loss pervade the accounts of these young
people. Young people suggested that well in advance of home leaving occurring,
there needs to be improved parental and adult attitudes and behaviours to them, greater understanding of the impact
of new parental partners on them, a halt to abuse, and early access to third
party facilitation of communication. Living Rough: Preventing Crime and
Victimization Among Homeless Young People [PDF] Strategic Partners Pty Ltd, 1/1/2001 Click [here]
to access the article. Its URL is not
displayed because of its length [accessed 21 September 2011] APPENDIX 1 - CASE
STUDIES – INTRODUCTION
- As part of profiling successful practices and strategies currently being
undertaken to prevent crime and victimisation,
contact was made with a wide range of agencies working in the areas of
homelessness and crime prevention.
Following considerable contact with agencies and individuals, 28
projects were selected as examples of good practice. To build a profile of what might be
considered good practice in this area, 22 agency visits and six telephone
interviews were undertaken across Australia.
The critical aim of the visits and interviews was to document programs
which make a difference in the prevention of crime and victimisation
of homeless/at risk young people. Following the visits and interviews,
services were then contacted by fax and telephone to review and comment on
the case studies before inclusion in the report. The following section provides a
description of the model of service and service objectives of each case
study, how they are making a difference, what outcomes demonstrate this, best
practice principles underpinning projects (as articulated in Section 5), how
they are evaluated, and whether the model could be replicated in other
contexts. Rebecca's Story Dominic Mapstone,
Director, Rebeccas Community www.homeless.org.au/people/rebecca.htm [accessed 31 March 2011] "Two things
happened when I turned 12, my Father who used to beat the hell out of us left
home and the other thing that happened is I started using drugs... One of my
friends said 'Here try this it will make you feel better', and it did. When I turned 13, my Mum found a new
partner who lived at home with us. He raped me regularly and abused my
younger sisters as well. I was only 13. Jazmin's Story Dominic Mapstone,
Director, Rebeccas Community www.homeless.org.au/people/jazmin.htm [accessed 31 March 2011] Jazmin was raised by her
alcoholic father for the first eight years of her life and foster parents
until she was 12 years old. She ran
away from foster care to escape a foster father who was violent. Living on the streets using whatever drugs
or alcohol she could get her hands on to escape her pain, Jazmin
was using heavily when she became pregnant at 15. Gish's Journal Dominic Mapstone,
Director, Rebeccas Community [accessed 31 March 2011] I'm 26 years old and
have lived on the streets since I was 6 years old. A year ago I moved into
Rebecca’s Community 'Hospitality House.' This website chronicles my life
journey through foster care, homelessness, drug addiction, prison and my new
life off drugs and off the streets. Sydney’s Street Kids Get Connected Megan McAuliffe, ZDNet, June 12, 2001 www.zdnet.com.au/sydney-s-street-kids-get-connected-120230690.htm [accessed 31 March 2011] The project aims to
provide the homeless and disadvantaged with access to computers and free
Internet access. It will also provide meals for those using the Café. The project is the brainchild of Salvation
Army Oasis Youth Support Network and the Rotary Club of Sydney Cove. Tech Pacific was also instrumental in
gathering local IT support to build the Street Level Internet Café. Minister for Education, Training and Youth
Affairs, Media Release, 19 August 1999 www.dest.gov.au/archive/ministers/kemp/aug99/k6908_190899.htm [accessed 31 March 2011] "Speakout is a remarkable success story. All of
their products have been designed, produced, packaged and marketed by young
people who have overcome personal setbacks or difficult situations in their
lives." Dr Kemp said. "These
young people may have been street kids, homeless or long-term unemployed who
took up the chance to get nationally accredited training certificates in
office work, screen printing or garment production at Speakout." Open Family Open Family At one time this article had been archived
and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 21 September 2011] 39,000 young people
aged between 12 and 25 are homeless in Saving street kids:
Fr Chris honored Damir Govorcin,
The Catholic Weekly, 15 December 2002 www.catholicweekly.com.au/02/dec/15/23.html [accessed 31 March 2011] Without significant
government funding, Youth Off The Streets has become one of the largest youth
services in Youth Off The Streets Community Development & Outreach
Services www.youthoffthestreets.com.au/secure/downloadfile.asp?fileid=1002626 [accessed 31 March 2011] STREET WALK OUTREACH
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Street Walk is a Youth Off The Streets Outreach Program that engages with at
risk and homeless young people on the inner city streets of The young people
who come into contact with the Street Walk program are either chronically
homeless or at risk of homelessness and often struggling with an alcohol or
other drug dependence. The young people are between the ages of 13 and 22 and
can be on the street for various reasons, from complete family breakdown to
poor family relations resulting in a lack of belonging for the young person. The Street Walk
program is a core component of Youth Off The Streets. It makes vital contact
and connections with young people living on the streets, providing them with
support and alternatives to their situation at a grass roots level within
their own environment. The Street Walk program also provides an element of
safety for these young people, by having a trusted adult out on the streets
and referring and transporting young people to safe places. All
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