The use of children in the commission of crime is considered a worst form of child labour in terms of the Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention of the International Labour Organisation. The project, Children Used by Adults to Commit Crime (CUBAC), was formed in 2005 to address this issue.

The initial CUBAC series includes the following publications:

This series was produced as part of the implementation of the Child Labour Programme of Action for South Africa, which is a national partnership initiated by the South African government. Civil society partners comprise of organised business, organised labour and non-governmental organisations. The overall lead government department is the Department of Labour, and the lead department on the CUBAC project is the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development.