Conference Paper

Author: Wells, Annette
Title: Juvenile Justice in Western Australia
In: Paper presented at the Children and Crime: Victims and Offenders Conference
Imprint: Australian Institute of Criminology, 17-18 June 1999
Url: https://web.archive.org/web/20170517104415/http://www.aic.gov.au:80/media_library/conferences/children/wells.pdf
Description: 'Juvenile Justice in Western Australia' has an overview of the history of the tension in WA between the child as victim who must be protected, and the child as offender from whom the community needs protection.

Care and Protection (1976 - )
'Juvenile Justice in Western Australia’ (p.2) gives an overview of the impact of the Child Welfare Act 1947 on the ability of authorities to place children into secure custody for indefinite periods.