First line of defence against hard-core kiddie crims

Queenslanders are rightly outraged at the deaths of two innocent bystanders last week, allegedly caused by a teenager driving a stolen car.Last week’s events are a culmination of several factors that affect youth crime. These factors include changes in youth offending, weak bail laws, a lack of housing for youths in detention, an explosion in stolen vehicles, the raising of the legal age of a child from 17 to 18 and a no-pursuit policy. Why wouldn’t you steal a car when you know the police cannot…



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