The federal Senate inquiry into Australia’s youth justice and incarceration system should have mandated a minimum age of criminal responsibility.
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Children are allegedly being recruited by criminal gangs in Australia. Authorities should look to the UK for possible answers.
State governments across the country have brought in harsher laws to deal with youth crime in recent years. But do the stats justify the punitive measures?
The Victorian government has announced it will send social workers to 20 of the state’s schools to try to reduce violent youth crime.
Scottish police created a specialised violence reduction unit to treat violence as a public health issue. It worked, and it’s coming to Victoria.
These reforms violate human rights obligations, contradict the evidence and will be devastating for children and young people in conflict with the law.
Tougher knife laws make people feel safer but don’t address the real reasons knives are carried in the first place.
New research out of Queensland shows there are rehabilitative ways to help reduce youth sexual crime - and youth crime overall.
New research tracking more than 80,000 Queenslanders from birth to adulthood reveals the differences between men and women in patterns of criminal behaviour.
New research shows increased mental health support would help break the cycle of incarceration - and drive down recidivism.
Current crime-fighting proposals lack concrete, evidence-based actions and proven public health strategies that are known to significantly and cost-effectively reduce violent crime.
A new report from the Five Eyes nations details cases of young radicalisation across the western world. It emphasises the role parents can play in stopping it in its tracks.
The brains of young people are developing until about age 25, limiting their ability to make rational decisions and control impulses. Youth justice policies that ignore this risk failure.
The Liberal National Party has secured a majority government in the sunshine state, though not in the landslide many expected. Here’s where the election was won and lost, and what’s to come.
In the early 2000s, we tested a new curriculum on more than 200 students. Here’s what we found when we met the students again, two decades later.
The Liberal National Party have been ahead in the polls for months, though Labor has made up some ground.
In attempts to curb youth crime, the NT government wants to lower the age of criminal responsibility, while the Coalition in Queensland wants to try children as adults for some crimes.
After some violent incidents, the town is under a curfew from 10pm to 6am. But evidence from cities in Australia and the United States suggest it will bring little benefit.
In an Australian first, a children’s court has introduced a ‘justice facility dog’ to help reduce anxiety for young people in court. But has it helped?
Music can provide incarcerated youth with opportunities to build confidence, engage with learning, develop social skills, and and redefine themselves from young offenders to young artists.
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, Edge Hill University
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Associate Professor in Criminal Justice and Criminology, Bond University
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Senior Lecturer, Criminology, Swinburne University of Technology
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Lecturer and Researcher in Criminology, Edith Cowan University
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Chair in Global Islamic Politics, Alfred Deakin Institute for Citizenship and Globalisation, Deakin University
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Professor (Practice), Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University
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Professor of Cognitive Psychology, School of Education, La Trobe University
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Professor of Criminology, University of Technology Sydney
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PhD candidate (health), Dalhousie University
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Natalie Gately is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate Professor, Edith Cowan University
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Professor of Criminology, Loughborough University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School of Politics and International Relations, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Criminology, The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Criminology, Deakin University
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Associate Professor in Criminology, Macquarie University