A historical perspective on juvenile justice reform in Queensland

Trotter, A; Hobbs, H

A historical perspective on juvenile justice reform in Queensland

Trotter, A Hobbs, H

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Publisher:: Law Book Company Limited
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: Criminal Law Journal, 2014, 38 pp. 77 - 90
Issue Date:: 2014

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dc.contributor.author	Trotter, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hobbs, H https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9903-6908	en_US
dc.date.issued	2014	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Criminal Law Journal, 2014, 38 pp. 77 - 90	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0314-1160	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/130452
dc.description.abstract	The Queensland government has recently implemented a substantial package of juvenile justice reforms designed to deal with 'a generation of arrogant recidivist young offenders'. These reforms, which have sought to sharpen the blade of the criminal law and strengthen the power to enforce it, have been heavily and almost uniformly criticised by the profession, the judiciary, and the academy. This article places the reforms in a historical context to illustrate that not only do they make undesirable policy, but that each is a step backwards which together unravel centuries of gradually calculated reform to improve the state of human rights in juvenile criminal justice.	en_US
dc.publisher	Law Book Company Limited	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Criminal Law Journal	en_US
dc.title	A historical perspective on juvenile justice reform in Queensland	en_US
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Abstract:

The Queensland government has recently implemented a substantial package of juvenile justice reforms designed to deal with 'a generation of arrogant recidivist young offenders'. These reforms, which have sought to sharpen the blade of the criminal law and strengthen the power to enforce it, have been heavily and almost uniformly criticised by the profession, the judiciary, and the academy. This article places the reforms in a historical context to illustrate that not only do they make undesirable policy, but that each is a step backwards which together unravel centuries of gradually calculated reform to improve the state of human rights in juvenile criminal justice.

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