Procedural safeguards for young people 1 SAFEGUARDING FAIRNESS FOR CHILDREN IN INTERACTIONS WITH ADULTS IN AUTHORITY COMPUTER-BASED INVESTIGATIONS OF THE JUDGMENTS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS REPORT TO THE AUSTRALIAN CRIMINOLOGICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL

Procedural safeguards for young people 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This report is the result of collaborative research and discussion involving a number of colleagues and students. I wish to specifically acknowledge Tony Hicks, his doctoral work and continuing involvement in the project. and more recently, Madeleine Tempany have provided discussion, raised questions, and worked together in collecting, analysing and interpreting a large body of data. We are particularly indebted to the creative work of Hugh Campbell of Highbrow Interactive and Andrew Vincent. Their patient interpretation of ideas and methodologies has made this research effective. It is not appropriate to mention schools and colleges by name. We contracted to protect their privacy, but we are grateful for the support and genuine interest of teachers and students. A special thanks is due to Helen Sadler of the Melbourne Catholic Education Office. She has encouraged and facilitated this work. I gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Australian Criminology Research Council, and an initial seeding grant from the University of Melbourne Research Development Scheme. While a number of people and organizations have been involved in the individual projects, and have funded the research, the views expressed in this report are mine as the author and principal investigator. They in no way reflect on the Australian Criminology Research Council.