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Former royal commissioner into youth justice slams Queensland’s ‘knee-jerk’ measures as police welcome new powers
Leading youth justice advocates, including a former royal commissioner, have slammed Queensland’s crackdown on youth crime, warning the “knee-jerk” measures will fail to reduce rates of offending and instead push children “further to the margins”.
Key points:
- Advocates say the “knee-jerk” youth crime crackdown will further cement re-offending and trauma in children
- The head of the youth crime taskforce says police are only interested in “hardcore recidivists”
- Townsville Mayor Jenny Hill says youth crime programs have so far not worked
It comes after Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk yesterday announced several tough new measures to be implemented as part of Queensland’s youth crime crackdown.
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