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| Australia's Northern Territory resumes jailing 10-year-olds |
| 2024-10-18 |
| [BBC] Children as young as 10 will soon be able to be jailed once again in Australia's Northern Territory (NT), after the government there lowered the age of criminal responsibility. Australian states and territories have been under pressure to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14, in line with other developed countries and UN advice. Last year the NT became the first jurisdiction to lift it to 12, but the new Country Liberal Party government elected in August has said a reversal is necessary to reduce youth crime rates. It has argued that returning the age to 10 will ultimately protect children - despite doctors, human rights organisations and Indigenous groups disputing that logic. They say the research indicates the laws will not reduce crime and will disproportionately affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. The NT already jails children at a rate 11 times higher than any other jurisdiction in the country, and almost all of them are Aboriginal. The territory’s new government says it has a mandate after an overwhelming election victory following a campaign that promised being tough on crime. It argues being able to criminalise children younger will help divert them away from future crime. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #4 No mossomo wrong Not because black Not because single mother either Aboriginal men are disproportionately drunk and violent. Aboriginal kids in single mother homes do better These street kids roam alice springs at 4am stealing cars because their parents are drunk and high Because their homes are filled with distant relatives who abuse and sometimes rape them Because communities are on aboriginal land that is communally owned in perpetuity so nobody can have individual ownership of a house that they can lock the door and be secure in Because of communal ownership in perpetuity nobody can get a loan to start a bakery or business as there is no security of tenure so then there are no jobs at all You cant own anything Everything provided by govt Ruled over by a land council The adults mostly drunk and gambling dont care Plus aboriginal culture traditionally lets kids be independent much earlier than the weird extended childhood in western society That is why Boredom hopelessness and drink |
| Posted by: Anon1 2024-10-18 18:17 |
| #3 Because aboriginals are black, and blacks have a bad habit of raising fatherless kids which have a societal consequence. It should be noted that nothing a white person did caused an aborigine to be a good-for-nothing-dead-beat-dad. Culture or Genes/IQ? Or both? |
| Posted by: mossomo 2024-10-18 13:35 |
| #2 will disproportionately affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children. Oh? And why is that? |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2024-10-18 12:43 |
| #1 They need to be in jail ad it is safer than the place they came from They need early intervention You just have to see it to believe it, the rampaging through the streets at 4am, stealing cars etc yes at age 10 |
| Posted by: Anon1 2024-10-18 09:22 |