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‘The Door Creaked Shut’

Rosalea Nobile, Terry Hutchinson

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Abstract

As part of the 2014 amendments to the Youth Justice Act 1992 (Qld) the previous Queensland government introduced a new breach of bail offence and a reverse onus provision in relation to the new offence.Also included in the raft of amendments was a provision removing the internationally accepted principle that, in relation to young offenders, detention should be used as 'a last resort'.This article argues that these changes are likely to increase the entrenchment of young people within the criminal justice system.

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As part of the 2014 amendments to the Youth Justice Act 1992 (Qld) the previous Queensland government introduced a new breach of bail offence and a reverse onus provision in relation to the new offence.Also included in the raft of amendments was a provision removing the internationally accepted principle that, in relation to young offenders, detention should be used as 'a last resort'.This article argues that these changes are likely to increase the entrenchment of young people within the criminal justice system.

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As part of the 2014 amendments to the Youth Justice Act 1992 (Qld) the previous Queensland government introduced a new breach of bail offence and a reverse onus provision in relation to the new offence.Also included in the raft of amendments was a provision removing the internationally accepted principle that, in relation to young offenders, detention should be used as 'a last resort'.This article argues that these changes are likely to increase the entrenchment of young people within the criminal justice system.

Key concepts: Imprisonment, Sentence, Economic Justice, Law, Government (linguistics), Criminal offence, Criminal justice, Political science

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