We know enough about brain development to know youth offending reforms probably won’t work
- Written by Kris Gledhill, Professor of Law, Auckland University of Technology
Getty ImagesThe coalition government’s majority will no doubt ensure its proposed solutions to youth offending will pass into law. But evidence and past experience suggest these reforms are unlikely to succeed.
The Sentencing (Reform) Amendment Bill will introduce a rule that an offender’s age can be a mitigating factor only once after...
