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The youth justice system in New Zealand consists of organisations and processes that deal with offending by children aged 10–13 years and young people aged 14–16 years. These differ from general criminal processes, and are governed by different principles.
Andrew John Becroft QSO is a New Zealand Jurist and Barrister. From 2016 until 2021 Becroft was Children's Commissioner. Prior to that, he practised community law, and was a District Court judge and principal judge of the Youth Court of New Zealand. Throughout his career Becroft has taken a specialist approach to dealing with youth and child ...
Allison Margaret Morris FRSNZ (born 1945) [1] is a retired New Zealand criminologist, specialising in youth justice, restorative justice and women in crime. She was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2000.
Free and compulsory education was provided for all standard six (year eight) New Zealand children. Public schools were set up by regional education boards. [4] 1893 New Zealand Society for the Protection of Women and Children The society was a voluntary organisation that aimed to protect children from neglect and abuse. [5]
Oranga Tamariki (OT), also known as the Ministry for Children and previously the Ministry for Vulnerable Children, is a government department in New Zealand responsible for the well-being of children, specifically children at risk of harm, youth offenders and children of the State.
FGCs originated in New Zealand, and were originally used to allow social work practice to work with and not against Māori values and culture. [2] The Children, Young Persons, and Their Families Act 1989 made them a central part of practice and services where serious decisions about children are to be made. [3]
There are five youth correctional facilities, termed youth justice residences, located in Auckland, Rotorua, Palmerston North and Christchurch. While these facilities have traditionally hosted teenagers aged 16 years and below, a law change in July 2019 has led to the admission of 17 and 18 year olds.
Child, Youth and Family (New Zealand) Crimes (Substituted Section 59) Amendment Act 2007; J. Youth justice in New Zealand; M. Mazengarb Report; O. Oranga Tamariki Act ...