
ISPCAN THINKING SPACE PROJECT:
Addressing the phenomena of children who engage in violence
GOAL OF THIS PROJECT:
To fill the gap in knowledge about evidence-based and child rights-informed programs and strategic interventions for children who engage in violence
PROCESS:
- To conduct an investigation into a specific child protection challenge, share theory, research and evidence-based practice
- To develop a report that will provide the international community with a brief on high-level policy, strategy and programmatic advice
- Catalog interventions and treatment programs for children who engage in violence
- Understand evidence- and rights-based policies, strategies, programs and interventions of children who engage in violence
- Ultimately reduce victimization and perpetration of violence in the short term and later in life
TYPES OF VIOLENCE THAT CHILDREN ENGAGE IN:
- Sex Trafficking/Recruitment
- Bullying/Cyberbullying
- Self Harm
- Dating/Partner Violence
- Gun Violence
- Sexual Abuse/Incest
- Elder Abuse & Violence towards parents
- Racial and Ethnic motivated violence
- Physical Aggression/Fighting
- Gang Violence
- Animal Cruelty
- Arson/Vandalism
For information regarding the findings from Phase 1 of this project please contact ISPCAN Board Chair Rajeev Seth: sethrajeev@gmail.com
CASES SUBMITTED FOR PHASE ONE INCLUDED:
We asked participants to focus on one type of violence and provide ONE case study, data on this issue, treatment and prevention options, and the justice response for this one type of child violence.
- Please focus now on ONE type of child violence in the country and list this on case study
- Data for this particular type of violence
- Recommendations for child violence*
(file upload option: word or pdf) Country/Region-specific data for this type of youth violence* (file upload option: word or pdf) - Treatment for this particular type of violence
- Prevention for this particular type of violence
- Justice System for Children Who Commit Violence
Country/Regional laws addressing this type of child violence* (file upload option: word or pdf)

RESOURCES ON CHILD RIGHTS & JUSTICE
Children Behind Bars: The Global Overuse of Detention of Children, Human Rights Watch (2016)
Children in Conflict with the Law – Resource Centre, Save the Children (2016)
Elimination of Violence Against Children: A Checklist, UNODC
Justice for Children Resources, UNODC
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals SDG 16.2 – Addressing violence against children
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals SDG 5 – Eliminating violence against women and girls
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Articles 37 and 40)
- The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child General Comment 10 (Children’s Rights in Juvenile Justice)
- The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child General Comment No. 24 (Children’s Rights in the Child Justice System)
The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (1990)
The United Nations Global Study on Children Deprived of Liberty (2019)
Guidelines on Children in Contact with the Justice System, International Working Group of the International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates
Youth Court Publications and Resources, Global Youth Justice
RELATED ARTICLES ON CHILD VIOLENCE
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2019/02/10/690372199/school-shooters-whats-their-path-to-violence
https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/crimes/teen-dating-violence
https://victimsofcrime.org/search-results?indexCatalogue=full%2Dsite%2Dsearch&searchQuery=dating+violence&wordsMode=0
https://www.apa.org/education/k12/violence-teachers
https://defendinnocence.org/5-facts-child-child-sexual-abuse/
https://hub.jhu.edu/magazine/2018/spring/children-who-are-child-sexual-abusers/
https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/ojjdp/207606.pdf
https://www.apa.org/monitor/julaug04/types
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4212826/
https://www.nspcc.org.uk/globalassets/documents/research-reports/understanding-links-child-abuse-animal-abuse-domestic-violence.pdf
https://www.monash.edu/arts/gender-and-family-violence/research-projects/international-network-addressing-filial-violence
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/youth-justice-board-for-england-and-waleshttps://www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/adolescent-parent-violence
https://www.unitingkildonan.org.au/programs-and-services/child-youth-and-family-support/family-violence/adolescent-violence/about-a