Felicity Harris
Biographic Data
| ID | 3655866 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Felicity Harris |
| GIVEN NAMES | Felicity |
| FAMILY NAME | Harris |
| SIGNATURE | HARRIS F |
| AFFILIATIONS | UNSW Sydney |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4970-8857 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Promoting effective transitions
BACKGROUND: The transition from primary to secondary school presents a challenging developmental milestone which often marks a decline in academic performance. Social-emotional skills are recognized as fundamental to academic success but longitudinal research is needed to determine the extent of their association over this transition period. AIM: This study sought to determine the association between self-reported social-emotional competencies of…
Students’ accumulation of disciplinary school exclusion experiences over time
Contact with child protection services and subsequent rates of first police contact as a person of interest, victim or witness in early life
Child maltreatment is known to be associated with risk of later offending and victimisation in adolescence and adulthood, but only a few studies have examined justice system contact in childhood and none have focused on police contact. This study investigated the time to first contact with police in childhood (aged 13 years and younger) among children with prior child protection services contact. Using administrative data for 91,631 children from…
Conditions of Birth and Early Childhood Developmental Risk for Mental Disorders
Distinct classes of children in the general population are at increased odds of later mental illness and other adverse outcomes according to patterns of early childhood developmental vulnerability. If certain risk factors known at the time of birth are reliably associated with membership in early childhood risk classes, then preventative interventions could be initiated in the earliest years of life. Associations between 14 factors known at the t…
Child protection services for children with special healthcare needs
Children with disabilities are known to have high rates of contact with child protection services. However, little is known about child protection contacts for a broader group of children with special healthcare needs (SHCN; i.e., special needs or other impairments of concern that affect learning). This study examined the characteristics of contact with child protection services (prior to the age of 6 years) for children with SHCN identified at s…
Children’s contact with police as a victim, person of interest and witness in New South Wales, Australia
Contact with the police, as the first contact with the criminal justice system for young people and children, may signify individuals who are vulnerable to later adverse social and health outcomes. However, little is known about how often children have contact with police or for what reason. In this paper, we provide a demographic profile of the prevalence and reasons for police contact among a representative, longitudinal, population-based sampl…
Gender and the intergenerational transmission of antisocial behavior
Birth outcomes and academic achievement in childhood
Poor academic performance during childhood predicts later adverse outcomes, and could be targeted for improvement if detected early. This study used population-based record linkage to examine the association between early life risk factors and academic achievement at two different stages of development using two different cohorts: a kindergarten (~age 5 years) and a grade 3 cohort (~age 8 years). Similar factors were predictive of academic perfor…
Child protection services for children with special healthcare needs
Children with disabilities are known to have high rates of contact with child protection services. However, little is known about child protection contacts for a broader group of children with special healthcare needs (SHCN; i.e., special needs or other impairments of concern that affect learning). This study examined the characteristics of contact with child protection services (prior to the age of 6 years) for children with SHCN identified at s…
Birth outcomes and academic achievement in childhood
Poor academic performance during childhood predicts later adverse outcomes, and could be targeted for improvement if detected early. This study used population-based record linkage to examine the association between early life risk factors and academic achievement at two different stages of development using two different cohorts: a kindergarten (~age 5 years) and a grade 3 cohort (~age 8 years). Similar factors were predictive of academic perfor…
Children’s contact with police as a victim, person of interest and witness in New South Wales, Australia
Contact with the police, as the first contact with the criminal justice system for young people and children, may signify individuals who are vulnerable to later adverse social and health outcomes. However, little is known about how often children have contact with police or for what reason. In this paper, we provide a demographic profile of the prevalence and reasons for police contact among a representative, longitudinal, population-based sampl…
Gender and the intergenerational transmission of antisocial behavior
Child protection services for children with special healthcare needs
Children with disabilities are known to have high rates of contact with child protection services. However, little is known about child protection contacts for a broader group of children with special healthcare needs (SHCN; i.e., special needs or other impairments of concern that affect learning). This study examined the characteristics of contact with child protection services (prior to the age of 6 years) for children with SHCN identified at s…
Conditions of Birth and Early Childhood Developmental Risk for Mental Disorders
Distinct classes of children in the general population are at increased odds of later mental illness and other adverse outcomes according to patterns of early childhood developmental vulnerability. If certain risk factors known at the time of birth are reliably associated with membership in early childhood risk classes, then preventative interventions could be initiated in the earliest years of life. Associations between 14 factors known at the t…
Contact with child protection services and subsequent rates of first police contact as a person of interest, victim or witness in early life
Child maltreatment is known to be associated with risk of later offending and victimisation in adolescence and adulthood, but only a few studies have examined justice system contact in childhood and none have focused on police contact. This study investigated the time to first contact with police in childhood (aged 13 years and younger) among children with prior child protection services contact. Using administrative data for 91,631 children from…
Promoting effective transitions
BACKGROUND: The transition from primary to secondary school presents a challenging developmental milestone which often marks a decline in academic performance. Social-emotional skills are recognized as fundamental to academic success but longitudinal research is needed to determine the extent of their association over this transition period. AIM: This study sought to determine the association between self-reported social-emotional competencies of…
Students’ accumulation of disciplinary school exclusion experiences over time
Psychology (7 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (4 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Academic achievement (2 works) · Criminology (2 works)