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    ‘Out of place’: the criminalisation of Black and Minority Ethnic looked after children in England and Wales

    Hunter, Katie ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7811-5666 (2022) ‘Out of place’: the criminalisation of Black and Minority Ethnic looked after children in England and Wales. Prison Service Journal (258). pp. 13-18. ISSN 0300-3558

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    Abstract

    In the last decade, the youth justice system in England and Wales has experienced a significant contraction, which has culminated in the child prison population falling by over 70 percent. This decline is not the result of any deliberate, progressive agenda, but has been attributed to the proliferation of diversionary schemes, as well as pragmatic considerations relating to austerity politics. While absolute numbers have reduced, it has had the perverse effect of increasing the disproportionate representation of two particularly vulnerable groups; Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) children and looked after children.

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