Juvinile Crime

Introduction

One of the major causes of criminal activities in Australia is increased rates of anti-social behaviours especially by the youth. Anti-social behaviour breeds evil activities that stagnates the country’s economy as well as disturbing the peace and mutual co-existence among the residents of a place. Traditional juvenile justice tried to mitigate the escalation of criminal activities by locking offenders in jails. This paper however shades more light on the interventions established the NSW to fight against anti- social behaviour as well through establishment of government functions focused on eliminating this social evil.

Major issues about the interventions have will also be closely examined on order to highlight the strengths and the weaknesses of the system functionality. This will be particularly imperative is proposing an alternative approach for reducing levels of crimes through prevention of anti-social behaviours. The proposed strategy is thus based on the research and findings of the genesis of the problem which helps in giving a compounded and fundamental approach to the issue.

Interventions established in NSW to combat anti-social behaviour

The NSW state has plans which essentially give the first priority measures of mitigating anti- social behaviour (Osmond 2010). Despite the fact that several cases related to crime are on the decline in Australia, minority people are still causing disruption of the normal activities in the community a factor that affects the peaceful co-existence of the community. As stated by Osmond (2010, p.330), the Anti-Social Behavior Pilot Project (ASBPP) was established in the year 2006 with the primary purpose of identifying and analysing young people who pose a threat to the society and to themselves. Its other mandate was also to ensure that there is a sustainable development and implementation platform capable of preventing any criminal activity. In order to ensure a successful system, this framework also...