BREAKING THE CYCLE OF CRIME.
Full story at https://caainc.org.au/breaking-the-cycle-of-crime/?doing_wp_cron=1634716786.3580880165100097656250
The Opinion piece by Deputy Police Commissioner Rick Nugent in the Herald Sun on the 19th of October 2021 sets out the extraordinary and successful efforts that Victoria Police is applying to Youth Gang crime.
In so far as the effort is targeted from when a young person first comes to police notice, the work is very commendable but disappointing in its sphere of influence.
The CAA has long argued that by the time a child comes to police notice irrespective of the resources that may then be applied, for far too many, the prognosis for that child is that they will become a recidivist. The cycle is entrenched in them.
In short, 'The horse has bolted'.