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Why electronic surveillance monitoring may not reduce youth crime

  • Written by: Darren Palmer, Associate professor, Deakin University
Victoria is introducing legislation to require young criminal offenders to wear electronic tracking devices.Shutterstock

Last week, the Victorian government announced a new surveillance monitoring scheme directed at young criminal offenders aged 16 and older.

Under the legislation to be introduced later this year, the Youth Parole Board will be...

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