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Pacific-heritage youth, especially young males, are significantly over-represented in the Australian juvenile justice system, with increasing evidence of serious social dysfunction manifested in violence, aggression, family breakdown, self-harm and suicide.
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Kearney, J., Wood, L., Teare, R. (2015). Mana Community Mentoring: Strengthening Identity and Positive Pathways for Pacific Youth. In: Designing Inclusive Pathways with Young Adults. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-157-1_12
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