TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - The afterlife of decriminalisation: anti-trafficking, child protection, and the limits of trauma-informed efforts
JO  - Ethics and social welfare
A1  - Musto, Jennifer Lynne
SP  - 169
EP  - 192
VL  - 16
IS  - 2
N2  - Numerous laws have passed to move away from criminalising youth who trade sex. Specialised courts have also been established to support youth. Despite proponents' contention that specialised, trauma-informed courts are less punitive than typical interventions, research is limited. This article explores one specialised dependency court's efforts to assist youth 'at risk'. Drawing on interviews and ethnographic observations, I argue that laws and trauma-informed court interventions intensify the supervision of youth and families while inadvertently concealing the gendered-racialised effects of child welfare system involvement. Ethnographic findings contribute to sociolegal and anti-carceral feminist research on carceral control beyond the criminal legal system. This work also explores the ethics of carceral-trauma entanglements that accompany decriminalisation's afterlife.  Keywords: Human trafficking;     <p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1749-6535
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17496535.2021.2003836
ID  - ref1
ER  -