Victoria’s ‘adult time for violent crime’ reforms will not solve the youth crime problem
- Written by Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Professor (Practice), Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University
The Victorian government has announced a new youth justice reform package. The package is punitive in its nature, focused around an “adult time for violent crime” measure for several offences. These include aggravated home invasion, intentionally or recklessly causing injury in circumstances of gross violence, carjacking and serious...
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