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Youth crime and mental health: an exploration into the nature, incidence and social work responses to the mental health needs of offenders aged 10 to 17
- Author:
- BAKER Rachel
- Publisher:
- University of Warwick; Social Care Association
- Publication year:
- 2005
- Pagination:
- 50p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Coventry
Mental health problems can play a big part in offending for young people and must be addressed. Putting children with mental health problems in jail or giving them ASBOs and other orders can be especially damaging to them. Examples of mental health problems include learning disabilities, ADHD, and autism. Children from poorer backgrounds, children in care and those who have witnessed domestic violence, are all at particular risk of developing mental health problems. One study found that 35% of young people with ASBOs had a diagnosed mental disorder or learning difficulty.