Failure of care in state care: in-care abuse and postcare homelessness
Access Status
Authors
Date
2011Type
Metadata
Show full item recordCitation
Source Title
ISSN
School
Collection
Abstract
This paper reviews initial findings from an AHURI (Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute)-funded research project examining housing outcomes amongst Australian young people who have been in state out-of-home care. Our findings suggest a linkage between incidents of in-care abuse and poor postcare housing outcomes amongst our research participants, including primary homelessness. Not attending school when leaving care was also highly associated with having experienced in-care abuse. The authors postulate that adverse in-care experiences may have contributed to poor postcare housing outcomes amongst the research participants and this paper raises a number of specific concerns related to neglect, abuse and assault whilst in care. It is also argued that support in the transition from care needs to be strengthened to mitigate poor postcare outcomes, as does accountability for in-care adversities.
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
-
Campbell, I.; Parkinson, S.; Wood, Gavin (2013)This Positioning Paper introduces a research project that aims to provide an Australiawide analysis of the consequences of underemployment for housing security. It thereby explores the connection between an increasingly ...
-
Liddiard, Mark (2011)It has long been known that care leavers are far more likely to experience homelessness and insecure housing than other young people, although exactly why there is such a strong relationship between an experience of care ...
-
Bihlar Muld, B.; Jokinen, J.; Bölte, Sven; Hirvikoski, T. (2015)Background and aims: The pharmacological treatment of individuals with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and severe substance use disorder (SUD) is controversial, and few studies have examined the long-term ...