VPRS 17995 Children's Court Assessment Files

Full description

This series consists of files compiled by staff at the Winlaton Youth Training Centre (VA 5093) to serve as a detailed assessment of each trainee prior to their court appearance. A copy of this information was sent to court with the trainee, the original file remaining at the centre. Most of the files were destroyed by the agency at the time; this extant collection comprises 1986 - 1987 files.

The Children's Court Assessment Files contain:
- a pre-sentence report compiled by a regional social worker, providing detailed information about the trainee's background and history of offences
- handwritten client history sheet containing family details and the date of admittance to the centre, of any absconding and of court appearance
- correspondence and reports from the Children's Court Clinic
- correspondence from doctors and psychiatrists
- correspondence from the Department.