Youth crime in Australia remains a national concern, with Victoria recording its highest levels in decades while other states saw some declines. Are tougher bail laws the answer? This video includes ACM-produced voiceover powered by AI.
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00:00What's cool, guys?
00:01240!
00:03Look at that s**t!
00:07Youth crime in Australia has seen mixed trends in 2024,
00:11with some states reporting declines while others face record-breaking increases.
00:15Victoria's youth crime crisis has taken another worrying turn.
00:19Victoria has emerged as a major concern,
00:22with youth crime reaching its highest levels since electronic records began in 1993.
00:27I'm forever telling him off and yelling at him
00:29and, you know, trying to stop him,
00:32but I just can't get through to him.
00:34I just can't.
00:35Crimes committed by 10-to-17-year-olds jumped 16.3%,
00:40driven largely by repeat offenders.
00:42Meanwhile, New South Wales has intensified its crackdown on repeat youth offenders,
00:47rolling out operations in hot spots like Moree, Tamworth, Dubbo and Newcastle.
00:53Hey, copper!
00:54Copper's chasing us.
00:55Copper's back there.
00:57Go, go!
00:58Leaving people terrified to sleep at night
01:01is a message that we're hearing throughout our regional, remote and coastal communities.
01:06We'll keep shutting cell doors on these people
01:09until the appropriate diversionary things start to kick into gear
01:14and we can start to hopefully have that circuit breaker effect of stopping this cycle.
01:20Recent post and boast laws targeting young criminals who brag about their crimes online
01:25have led to over 25 underage arrests in the past year.
01:29In Queensland and the Northern Territory,
01:32youth crime remains a major issue,
01:34particularly in the form of drug offences and property crime.
01:38Police leaders across multiple states have warned
01:41that delays in tougher sentencing and bail reform could see crime rates escalate further.
01:46But concerns over bail laws persist,
01:49with critics arguing they allow repeat offenders to cycle in and out of the system.
01:54It's not going to change anything until we see a change in the judicial system.
01:58Adult crime, adult time.