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dc.contributor.authorDean, K
dc.contributor.authorWhitten, T
dc.contributor.authorTzoumakis, S
dc.contributor.authorLaurens, KR
dc.contributor.authorHarris, F
dc.contributor.authorCarr, VJ
dc.contributor.authorGreen, MJ
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-16T01:55:02Z
dc.date.available2021-06-16T01:55:02Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.issn0004-8674
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/405171
dc.description.abstractBackground: As the first point of contact with the criminal justice system, police contact may provide an opportunity to identify those at risk of adverse mental health and other outcomes. At a population level, information on the contact young people have with police is lacking. Objectives: This study aimed to establish the prevalence of first police contact for young people (as persons of interest, victims and witnesses), the patterns and sociodemographic correlates of contact and the incidence of first police contact for those identified with emotional and/or behavioural vulnerabilities at school entry. Methods: In a NSW-based longitudinal, population-based sample of 79,802 young people followed to a maximum age of 14 years, record linkage methodology was employed to address the stated objectives, utilizing Cox proportional regression. Findings: A total of 14.5% of children had had a first contact with police following school entry, with contact as a victim being most common. An increased incidence of police contact was identified for children assessed as having emotional and/or behavioural vulnerability at school entry, even after adjustment for key potential confounders. Conclusions: Contact with police during childhood is not uncommon. Children with emerging emotional and behavioural vulnerabilities in early life may be at increased risk of early police contact. Identifying young people who make early contact with police may present an opportunity to intervene with a group of young people at risk not only of further contact with the criminal justice system, but a range of adverse outcomes including the development of mental illnesses.
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherSage Publications Ltd
dc.publisher.urihttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00048674211004750
dc.relation.ispartofconferencenameRANZCP 2021 Congress
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitleAustralian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom2021-05-16
dc.relation.ispartofdateto2021-05-20
dc.relation.ispartoflocationTasmania, Australia
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom72
dc.relation.ispartofpageto73
dc.relation.ispartofissue1_suppl
dc.relation.ispartofvolume55
dc.subject.fieldofresearchBiomedical and clinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPsychology
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode32
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode52
dc.subject.keywordsScience & Technology
dc.subject.keywordsLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subject.keywordsPsychiatry
dc.titleChildren with emotional and behavioural problems at school entry and early contact with police: a record linkage study
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE3 - Conferences (Extract Paper)
dcterms.bibliographicCitationDean, K; Whitten, T; Tzoumakis, S; Laurens, KR; Harris, F; Carr, VJ; Green, MJ, Children with emotional and behavioural problems at school entry and early contact with police: a record linkage study, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 2021, 55 (1_suppl), pp. 72-73
dc.date.updated2021-06-15T03:17:55Z
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gro.griffith.authorTzoumakis, Stacy


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