This thesis addresses the pathway from care to crime in the New South Wales out-of-home care system.

Katherine McFarlane, 'Care-criminalisation: The Involvement of Children in out of Home Care in the NSW Criminal Justice System' (PhD Thesis, University of New South Wales, 2015)

Following the end of the Aborigines Protection Act 1909 (NSW) in 1969, placement of Aboriginal children in foster home and out-of-home care was governed by general child welfare laws. There has been an increasing focus on maintaining familial and cultural connections.

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Katherine McFarlane, 'Care-criminalisation: The Involvement of Children in out of Home Care in the NSW Criminal Justice System' (PhD Thesis, University of New South Wales, 2015)

Foster homes and out-of-home care