MELBOURNE, May 24 (Xinhua) -- The government of Australia's Victoria state announced a major crackdown on youth crime Wednesday, with teenage offenders to face tougher penalties for breaking the law. Under legislation passed by the Victorian parliament on Wednesday, teen offenders on the run from...
Juvenile Justice: An Australian Perspective Part I, "History and Theory," provides a historical and theoretical overview of the development of juvenile justice in Australia, since the evolution of the juvenile justice system and beliefs about the causes of juvenile crime are inter... C Cunneen,R...
the issue that the Australian government faces is that as soon as you convict these kids of a felony charge the domino effect begins of them realizing they cant get work or go to things like gyms and they will then continue with these crime sprees only getting more violent and dangerous in...
Contemporary Australian crime statistics reveal an overall increasing trend in juvenile assault and other violent offence categories; these statistics have coincided with concerns within the Australian criminal justice system that the nature of youth violence has changed. This study utilized a detailed case...
Social Learning Theory, Self-Reported Delinquency, and Youth Gangs: A New Twist on a General Theory of Crime and Delinquency Social learning theory has been applied to a wide variety of criminal, delinquent, and deviant behavior. The current study examines the utility of applying......
guide municipal work toward supporting youth in their transition from out-of-home care which was (1) youth succeed in living independently, (2) youth do not return to out-of-home care following transition, (3) youth go on to lead an independent life free from substance abuse and crime. ...
摘要: of pornography may cause psychological damage to individuals and give rise to wider socialproblems. nor pleasurable, nor safe.' In addition, moral panics are unhelpful in responding tothe Australian surveys have shown that about one in ten secondary school students is not...
In this article, we dig more deeply into the assumptions underpinning common-sense understandings about youth “exposure” to pornography and the ostensible “effects” of this exposure, specifically “pornography addiction”. We trace the emergence of the notion of “pornography addiction”, highlighti...
Emotions were running high in the Australian town of Alice Springs this week when mourners attending the funeral of an 18-year-old man attacked its oldest pub, smashing windows and kicking doors.
Drawing on public health and crime prevention concepts and methods, we present a comprehensive framework for organising prevention strategies and describe how this framework has guided our approach to developing place-based prevention strategies at two sites. We conclude by outlining the changes we see...