Purpose

This paper aims to determine any barriers and gaps within one community Forensic Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (FCAMHS) provision for young people presenting with risk of harm to others or involvement with the youth justice system, from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.

Design/methodology/approach

This study presents a systematic review of literature into the barriers and gaps within community FCAMHS, which showed little research in the area. Because of this, referral numbers for five major cities within the Yorkshire and Humber community FCAMHS region were compared to population statistics and youth justice caution and sentencing data.

Findings

Comparison suggests that BAME young people are under-represented across referrals to community FCAMHS. Also, there were differences in the representation of BAME young people when compared to youth justice data across the five major cities.

Research limitations/implications

The lack of literature, combined with disparities in proportional representation of BAME young people within the Yorkshire and Humber FCAMHS, shows the need for a detailed study and analysis within national community FCAMHS.

Practical implications

More needs to be done within community FCAMHS to ensure that services are meeting the needs of young people at risk of criminalisation.

Originality/value

To the best of the author’s knowledge, there is currently no published literature that explores ethnic representation and access to community-based FCAMH services. Exploration within one regional service suggests that young people from BAME backgrounds may be under-represented within such services, whilst at the same time being over-represented within formal criminal justice.

中文翻译：

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影响黑人、亚裔和少数族裔进入社区的服务障碍和差距 法医 CAMHS

目的

本文旨在确定一个社区法医儿童和青少年心理健康服务 (FCAMHS) 为有可能伤害他人或参与青年司法系统的黑人、亚洲和少数族裔 (BAME) 的年轻人提供的任何障碍和差距) 背景。

设计/方法/方法

本研究对社区 FCAMHS 中的障碍和差距进行了系统的文献回顾，这表明该领域的研究很少。因此，将约克郡和亨伯社区 FCAMHS 地区五个主要城市的转诊人数与人口统计数据和青年司法警告和量刑数据进行了比较。

发现

比较表明，在转介到社区 FCAMHS 时，BAME 年轻人的代表性不足。此外，与五个主要城市的青年司法数据相比，BAME 青年的代表性也存在差异。

研究限制/影响

缺乏文献，加上约克郡和亨伯 FCAMHS 中 BAME 年轻人的比例差异，表明需要在国家社区 FCAMHS 内进行详细的研究和分析。

实际影响

社区 FCAMHS 需要做更多工作，以确保服务能够满足面临被定罪风险的年轻人的需求。

原创性/价值

据作者所知，目前没有发表的文献探讨种族代表性和获得基于社区的 FCAMH 服务。在一项区域服务中的探索表明，来自 BAME 背景的年轻人在此类服务中的代表性可能不足，而同时在正式刑事司法中的代表性过高。