Youth justice system 'fails vulnerable girls'

Joe Lepper
Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Youth justice agencies are failing to give vulnerable girls the support they need because services are too geared towards helping boys, a newly formed pressure group has claimed.

Young women and girls are not receiving the support they need from youth justice agencies, it has been claimed. Picture: Alex Deverill
Young women and girls are not receiving the support they need from youth justice agencies, it has been claimed. Picture: Alex Deverill

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