Articles by: Lora Chapman

Author Biography:

Lora Chapman is a practising social worker and a PhD candidate at Deakin University. She has spent the duration of her candidacy considering the experiences of young people in Central Australia and the systems and processes that perpetuate disadvantage.

The Mask of Curfew in Alice Springs

The recent execution and looming possibility of a reinstated youth curfew are unlikely to quell well-established divisions between the town’s Aboriginal and settler-Australian populations.

‘Breaking the Cycle’?: Criminalising youth in Alice Springs‘

Government approaches that frame young street-walkers as ‘anti-social’ individuals who have followed the wrong ‘path’ are inherently divisive.