Investigators: Francis Mitrou, Glenn Pearson, Sarah Johnson, Stephen Zubrick
External collaborators: Anna Ferrante (Curtin University of Technology), Melissa O'Donnell (The University of Western Australia)
Incarceration represents a source of ongoing socioeconomic and health inequity between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations, limiting life changes and opportunities. This project seeks to identify the social determinants of physical and mental health and academic attendance and achievement associated with contact with child protection agencies and justice systems across the life course, with a focus on Aboriginal populations. Findings from this research will help inform effective prevention and intervention policies and strategies by improving our understanding of the causes of offending.