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Aby--not fast, just furiousNSW to review law that presumes children under 14 are incapable of evilAfter a 2016 high court ruling, the conviction rates of children aged 10 to 13 have plummeted in NSW, report findsIn 2016, a high court ruling clarified doli incapax, resulting in prosecutors needing to prove the child understood they were seriously wrong when committing a crime. Since then, conviction rates of children aged 10 to 13 have plummeted.A NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (Bocsar) report found the proportion of 10- to 13-year-olds with a proven outcome – guilty or not guilty – in the NSW children’s court tumbled from 76% in 2015-16 to 16% in 2022-23.The prosecution withdrew charges in more than half of all cases in 2022-23, with similar patterns in Victoria and South Australia.<a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australia</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NSW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NSW</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NSWPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NSWPol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NSWPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NSWPolice</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/JuvenileJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JuvenileJustice</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Youth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Youth</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/YouthCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YouthCrime</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Criminology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Criminology</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/CriminalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Aboriginal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aboriginal</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indigenous</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Decolonise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Decolonise</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NoJusticeNoPeace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoJusticeNoPeace</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/CommunityNotCops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CommunityNotCops</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/08/doli-incapax-nsw-review-law-child-criminal" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/08/doli-incapax-nsw-review-law-child-criminal</a>

Aby--not fast, just furious<a href="https://aus.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Youth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Youth</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/JuvenileJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JuvenileJustice</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/YoungPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YoungPeople</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activism</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anarchism</a>

Aby--not fast, just furious<a href="https://aus.social/tags/Aboriginal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aboriginal</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indigenous</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Decolonise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Decolonise</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SovereigntyNeverCeded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SovereigntyNeverCeded</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Treaty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Treaty</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FuckRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FuckRacism</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FuckWhiteness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FuckWhiteness</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FuckColonisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FuckColonisation</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AbolishPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbolishPolice</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AbolishPrisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbolishPrisons</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Abolition</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/CommunityNotCops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CommunityNotCops</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NoJusticeNoPeace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoJusticeNoPeace</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australia</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NT</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NTPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NTPol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/YouthCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YouthCrime</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/JuvenileJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JuvenileJustice</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Youth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Youth</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MoralPanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MoralPanic</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Criminology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Criminology</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/CriminalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#policing</a>

Aby--not fast, just furiousPut them in a coffin’: could debate over Queensland’s ‘youth crime crisis’ take a dangerous turn?While data suggests youth crime rates are at near-record lows, it’s become a totemic issue in the election campaign and that has Indigenous academics worried<a href="https://aus.social/tags/Aboriginal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aboriginal</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Indigenous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Indigenous</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Decolonise" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Decolonise</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SovereigntyNeverCeded" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SovereigntyNeverCeded</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Treaty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Treaty</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FuckRacism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FuckRacism</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FuckWhiteness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FuckWhiteness</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FuckColonisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FuckColonisation</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AbolishPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbolishPolice</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AbolishPrisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbolishPrisons</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Abolition</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/CommunityNotCops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CommunityNotCops</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/NoJusticeNoPeace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NoJusticeNoPeace</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/QLD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#QLD</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/QLDPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#QLDPol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Criminology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Criminology</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/CriminalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/policing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#policing</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Youth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Youth</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/YouthCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YouthCrime</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/JuvenileJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JuvenileJustice</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MoralPanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MoralPanic</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/18/queensland-election-youth-crime-crisafulli-steven-miles-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/oct/18/queensland-election-youth-crime-crisafulli-steven-miles-ntwnfb?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</a>

Aby--not fast, just furiousSerco must be punished for ‘oppressive’ treatment of prisoners at Australia’s largest jail, legal experts sayPotential class action against private prison operator raised after 175 inmates at Clarence correctional centre locked in their cells for days after [alleged] assault by a single prisoner<a href="https://aus.social/tags/AbolishPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbolishPolice</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Abolition</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AbolishPrisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbolishPrisons</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/CommunityNotCops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CommunityNotCops</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FuckThePolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FuckThePolice</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/JuvenileJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JuvenileJustice</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/YouthCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YouthCrime</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MoralPanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MoralPanic</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Criminology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Criminology</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/CriminalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/sep/08/serco-clarence-correctional-centre-sanctions-ntwnfb" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/sep/08/serco-clarence-correctional-centre-sanctions-ntwnfb</a>

Aby--not fast, just furiousPoliticians are.. what? sing it with me....COWARDSthat's right! _____Victoria shelves plan to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14Jacinta Allan announces policy reversal as government tries to quell community concern about youth crime<a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AusPol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Australia</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/VicPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VicPol</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Vic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vic</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Victoria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Victoria</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Criminology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Criminology</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/CriminalJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalJustice</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AbolishPolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbolishPolice</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Abolition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Abolition</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AbolishPrisons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AbolishPrisons</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/CommunityNotCops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CommunityNotCops</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FuckThePolice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FuckThePolice</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/JuvenileJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JuvenileJustice</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/YouthCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YouthCrime</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MoralPanic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MoralPanic</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/13/victoria-shelves-plan-to-raise-the-age-of-criminal-responsibility-to-14?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/aug/13/victoria-shelves-plan-to-raise-the-age-of-criminal-responsibility-to-14?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</a>

Pamela OliverSharing this report from the sentencing project. NEW REPORT: We can’t fight crime by locking up more of our kids. Incarceration damages young people’s physical and mental health, impedes their educational and career success, and often exposes them to abuse. @SentencingProj <a href="https://www.sentencingproject.org/reports/why-youth-incarceration-fails-an-updated-review-of-the-evidence/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.sentencingproject.org/reports/why-youth-incarceration-fails-an-updated-review-of-the-evidence/</a> <a href="https://sciences.social/tags/JuvenileJustice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JuvenileJustice</a>

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