@article{ref1,
title="Parenting on trial: state wards' and governments' accountability in australia",
journal="Journal of criminal justice",
year="1998",
author="Bessant, Judith and Hil, Richard",
volume="26",
number="2",
pages="145-157",
abstract="In the past few years, growing attention has been given by the state to the role of parents and guardians in preventing juvenile crime. The emergence of legislation enabling courts to penalize parents for neglect or default in respect of their children's offending behaviors contrasts with provisions that exempt the state from the same liability when children in care offend. This article maintains that, despite the arguments mounted in defense of such exemptions and the presence of bodies to adjudicate on such matters, the provisions demonstrate<p />",
language="",
issn="0047-2352",
doi="10.1016/S0047-2352(97)00076-7",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0047-2352(97)00076-7"
}