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Friday, 13 July 2007 |
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In this editorial piece the New York Times argues that: "The United States made a disastrous miscalculation when it started
automatically trying youthful offenders as adults instead of handling
them through the juvenile courts."
Read the full story online at the New York Times website.
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Monday, 19 March 2007 |
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Queensland is the only State in Australia that locks up 17 year olds in Adult (rather than juvenile) prisons.
After 15 years of inaction, it is time to STOP locking up children in Queensland's Adult prisons and time for the Juvenile Justice system to include 17 year olds.
Download the campaign kit for more information: Children in Adult Prisons Campaign Kit 123.61 Kb
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Wednesday, 07 March 2007 |
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Jailing young people in ever larger numbers is not
the answer to tackling youth crime according to a professor from the
London School of Economics.
In a recent opinion piece in the UK's Guardian
newspaper, Prof. Rod Morgan argues that the costs of jailing more and
more young offendors are far too high.
The article is available online at
http://society.guardian.co.uk/youthjustice/comment/0,,2016087,00.html.
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