New changes to youth crime laws - three days after an alleged home invasion resulted in the death of a Queensland mother - have been rushed, industry experts say, with fears the proposals will perpetuate existing problems and not deter offending.
Changes to youth crime laws announced by the state government three days after an alleged home invasion resulted in the death of a Queensland mother have been rushed, experts say, with fears the proposals will perpetuate existing problems and not deter offending.including harsher penalties, two new youth detention centres and amendments to the Youth Justice Act – so magistrates would need to consider an offender’s previous bail history, criminal activity and track record when sentencing.
But lawyer Terry O’Gorman, who is the vice president of the Queensland Council for Civil Liberties, said the proposed changes had “clearly been put together in haste” over the Christmas – New Year period, and cautioned the government to carefully consider the next phases of implementation. “The calls for juvenile justice summit has some force because the wider the debate, the better and more effective will be the laws that eventulaly pass parliament,” Terry O’Gorman said.
A more severe penalty of 14 years if the offence is committed at night, where the offender uses violence or threatens violence, is armed or pretends to be armed, is in company or damages or threatens to damage any property The appointment within QPS of Assistant Commissioner to the position of Youth Crime Taskforce CommanderBut to help stop juveniles from reaching the court and prison systems, Debbie Kilroy, the chief executive of Sisters Inside – an organisation that advocates for criminalised women and children – said more funding should go to support services, rather than to the police, to prevent childhood problems early on.
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