Sex differences in the patterns of police contact during childhood and adolescence: A population-based study of 79,446 Australian young people

This study provides the first Australian epidemiological evidence of sex differences in patterns of contact with police during childhood and adolescence. Using population-based data for 79,446 young people in the New South Wales Child Development Study, we report that one-in-four had contact with po...

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Authors: Whitten, Tyson (Author) ; Tzoumakis, Stacy (Author) ; Green, Melissa J. (Author) ; Laurens, Kristin R. (Author) ; Harris, Felicity (Author) ; Carr, Vaughan J. (Author) ; Dean, Kimberlie (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: Journal of criminology
Year: 2025, Volume: 58, Issue: 1, Pages: 155-170
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
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Keywords:
Longitudinal
Sex differences
population-based study
record linkage
Children's contact with police