Almost every young person in WA detention has a severe brain impairment

C. Bower; R Mutch; H. Passmore

Almost every young person in WA detention has a severe brain impairment

UWA Centre for Child Health Research (affiliated with the The Kids Research Institute Australia)

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Abstract

Nine out of ten people in Western Australian youth detention are severely impaired in at least one area of brain function such as memory, language, attention, and executive function (planning and understanding consequences). Such deficits would strongly impact on their ability to conform with legal instructions, and with other aspects of the justice system such as being interviewed in court.

Original language	English
Specialist publication	The Conversation
Publication status	Published - 2018

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