Rosemary Sheehan
Biographic Data
| ID | 6023972 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rosemary Sheehan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rosemary |
| FAMILY NAME | Sheehan |
| SIGNATURE | SHEEHAN R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monash University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 3 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Expert assessment of children’s criminal capacity: An analysis of doli incapax psychological court reports in Australia
Recognising children as developing individuals, legal systems generally protect children from full criminal liability. Further to the minimum age of criminal responsibility, several jurisdictions include additional legal safeguards under the doctrine of doli incapax. This doctrine presumes that children within conditional age ranges (e.g. 10–13 years) are incapable of criminal intent, unless proven otherwise. Courts may seek expert assessment of …
Criminal exploitation of child protection-involved youth
Maltreatment and Delinquency: Examining the Contexts of Offending Amongst Child Protection-Involved Children
Child protection-involved children experience disproportionately high criminal justice system contact, yet little is known about the circumstances in which such children offend. This study sought to identify the contexts in which this group of children offend and factors associated with children being charged in each context. A mixed-methods analysis of Children’s Court case files was conducted utilising a cross-sectional sample of 300 children w…
Women's Transitions from Prison: The Post-Release Experience
Australia's Children's Courts: An assessment of the status of and challenges facing the child welfare jurisdiction in Victoria
This article reports the findings of a study of the views of Victoria's Children's Court magistrates on the current status and challenges faced by the Children's Court as well as proposals for reform that have recently been canvassed in Australia and overseas. This study was part of a larger “national assessment” of Australia's Children's Courts.The Children's Court is a key social institution whose legal decision-making has major social conseque…
What Works With Women Offenders
Female inmates are among the most marginalised groups in society ... The prevalence of childhood and adulthood sexual and violent victimisation, poverty, and poor educational and employment attainment reported by female inmates is nothing short of alarming (Nicholls, Lee, Corrado and Ogloff, 2004:179)
Australia's Children's Courts Today and Tomorrow
Working with Women Offenders in the Community
Parents with Mental Illness: Decision‐making in Australian Children's Court Cases Involving Parents with Mental Health Problems
Mental illness is listed as a child protection concern for a number of families reported to child protection agencies in Australia. Parents with mental health problems are more vulnerable, as are their children, to having parenting and child welfare concerns. Studies undertaken in the Melbourne Children's Court (Victoria) have found that the children of parents with mental health problems comprise at least one‐quarter of all new child protection …
Maltreatment and Delinquency: Examining the Contexts of Offending Amongst Child Protection-Involved Children
Child protection-involved children experience disproportionately high criminal justice system contact, yet little is known about the circumstances in which such children offend. This study sought to identify the contexts in which this group of children offend and factors associated with children being charged in each context. A mixed-methods analysis of Children’s Court case files was conducted utilising a cross-sectional sample of 300 children w…
Criminal exploitation of child protection-involved youth
Australia's Children's Courts: An assessment of the status of and challenges facing the child welfare jurisdiction in Victoria
This article reports the findings of a study of the views of Victoria's Children's Court magistrates on the current status and challenges faced by the Children's Court as well as proposals for reform that have recently been canvassed in Australia and overseas. This study was part of a larger “national assessment” of Australia's Children's Courts.The Children's Court is a key social institution whose legal decision-making has major social conseque…
Parents with Mental Illness: Decision‐making in Australian Children's Court Cases Involving Parents with Mental Health Problems
Mental illness is listed as a child protection concern for a number of families reported to child protection agencies in Australia. Parents with mental health problems are more vulnerable, as are their children, to having parenting and child welfare concerns. Studies undertaken in the Melbourne Children's Court (Victoria) have found that the children of parents with mental health problems comprise at least one‐quarter of all new child protection …
Parents with Mental Illness: Decision‐making in Australian Children's Court Cases Involving Parents with Mental Health Problems
Mental illness is listed as a child protection concern for a number of families reported to child protection agencies in Australia. Parents with mental health problems are more vulnerable, as are their children, to having parenting and child welfare concerns. Studies undertaken in the Melbourne Children's Court (Victoria) have found that the children of parents with mental health problems comprise at least one‐quarter of all new child protection …
Working with Women Offenders in the Community
What Works With Women Offenders
Female inmates are among the most marginalised groups in society ... The prevalence of childhood and adulthood sexual and violent victimisation, poverty, and poor educational and employment attainment reported by female inmates is nothing short of alarming (Nicholls, Lee, Corrado and Ogloff, 2004:179)
Australia's Children's Courts Today and Tomorrow
Australia's Children's Courts: An assessment of the status of and challenges facing the child welfare jurisdiction in Victoria
This article reports the findings of a study of the views of Victoria's Children's Court magistrates on the current status and challenges faced by the Children's Court as well as proposals for reform that have recently been canvassed in Australia and overseas. This study was part of a larger “national assessment” of Australia's Children's Courts.The Children's Court is a key social institution whose legal decision-making has major social conseque…
Women's Transitions from Prison: The Post-Release Experience
Criminal exploitation of child protection-involved youth
Maltreatment and Delinquency: Examining the Contexts of Offending Amongst Child Protection-Involved Children
Child protection-involved children experience disproportionately high criminal justice system contact, yet little is known about the circumstances in which such children offend. This study sought to identify the contexts in which this group of children offend and factors associated with children being charged in each context. A mixed-methods analysis of Children’s Court case files was conducted utilising a cross-sectional sample of 300 children w…
Expert assessment of children’s criminal capacity: An analysis of doli incapax psychological court reports in Australia
Recognising children as developing individuals, legal systems generally protect children from full criminal liability. Further to the minimum age of criminal responsibility, several jurisdictions include additional legal safeguards under the doctrine of doli incapax. This doctrine presumes that children within conditional age ranges (e.g. 10–13 years) are incapable of criminal intent, unless proven otherwise. Courts may seek expert assessment of …
Political science (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (5 works) · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis (5 works) · Criminology (5 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Child protection (3 works) · Criminal justice (3 works) · Female offenders (3 works)