youth crime

Tough Youth Crime Laws only a Short-Term Fix

After winning in a landslide Northern Territory election, Lia Finocchiaro and the Country Liberals have announced massive hard-line reforms to the youth justice system, including lowering the age of criminal responsibility, denying bail for repeat and violent offenders, and holding parents partly responsible for the crimes of their children. This comes after rises in youth …

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Expert criticises Qld’s tough new stance on youth crime: jail is not the answer

Figures released by the Productivity Commission in January this year show Queensland jails more children than any other state or territory in Australia.  In 2021-2022, there were on average 287 people in youth detention in Queensland each day. Almost two thirds of those kids in custody were Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children.  The figures …

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