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The research shows that young people who have contacts with the youth judicial system in Australia are more likely to die prematurely and from preventable causes.
The study, led by Curtin University and published in Public health of LancetThey examined 48,670 young people who had contacts with the youth judicial system in Queensland between 1993 and 2017 to determine the results of morality.
He discovered that young people were 4.2 times more likely than their peers from the community to die prematurely, with suicide, road accidents and drug poisoning the most common causes of death.
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The main researcher Stuart Kinner, head of the Justice Health Group of the University of Curtin, said that most of the deaths occurred before the age of 25, with “serious and prolonged contact” with the criminal justice system a risk factor for premature death.
“Compared to those who had been accused only of a crime, the probability of premature death was 30 % higher for those who had been supervised by the community and 90 % higher for those who had spent time in youth detention,” said Kinner.
The researchers said that the study highlighted the need to support young people after detention.
“The young people who have had contacts with the youth judicial system can have difficult family relationships and have an increased risk of homelessness, mental illnesses, a disorder of substances and behavior of risk assistance, making them particularly vulnerable,” said Kinner.
Despite the large research that shows poor results for children detained or in contact with the judicial system, the state government is advancing with more severe measures to punish young transgressors, announcing more than a dozen new crimes will be added to the laws of “adult crime, time for adults” this week.
