6 Things We Need to Do to Start Fixing Youth Crime
Published on November 30, 2023
Commentary “Youth crime is out of control” is the refrain heard on many lips around Australia and the Western world. Another common phrase is “The youth are our future.” Put those two phrases together and we are left contemplating, indeed fearing for, the future well-being of our society. The statistics on youth crime regularly adorn newspapers and lead electronic media bulletins. Youth crime is a scourge. So how did we get here? What can we do about it? Like with any ingrained social problem, there is no quick fix. Something that took a generation or two may well take a similar time to repair. It takes a lot less time to crash a car than it does to repair it. So it is with society....