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Principal Youth Court Judge John Walker says the figures reflect a push for early intervention.
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A new Justice report has revealed offending rates among young people fell by 64 percent in the past decade, and for children it fell by 63 percent.
Principal Youth Court Judge John Walker said it reflected a push for early intervention, and effective work by Police Youth Aid. It also reflects what I m seeing in terms of numbers of current cases in the Youth Court, which have been steadily dropping now for sometime.
One of the real strengths of the Youth Justice System was diversion, which was the result of about 70 percent of all police apprehensions.