Melbourne CBD Incident

[LP]

So that's basically your foundation for building a young offender.

Yes, there were kids who were off the rails despite having stronger family backgrounds and siblings who were never in trouble.
In most cases these were  the result of a mental condition... maybe not an obvious one, but there all the same.

So if the problem cannot be cured upgrading societal skills, where does the "Kennett" rational come from to close all the asylums, I assume it was primarily a fiscal decision that comes at the expense of the general public?

Lods, posters will happily argue the causes with you, that is for sure. But from your experience, what is the fundamental solution?

I gather allowing troubled youth to run riot in detention is not going to make things better. That probably just reinforces bad behavior.

Sending kids to big persons prison won't be the answer either, that will just institutionalise them long term.

Where should we spend the smart money?