Queensland's LNP wants a curfew for kids, but evidence suggests this won't reduce crime
- Written by Rick Sarre, Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
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One can always sense an election is looming when law and order becomes headline news.
As Queenslanders head towards election day on October 31, the state’s opposition leader Deb Frecklington has announced that, if elected, the Liberal National Party will trial a curfew for children.
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