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Ruth Money: Victims' Advocate on Labour's new crime policy

Published: July 17, 2023, 7:53 p.m.

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There are concerns over the Government\'s latest attempt to tackle youth crime.

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New measures have been announced including making posting criminal behaviour online an aggravating factor in sentencing.

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Coercing young people to commit crime will also be considered an aggravating factor, and the Family Court is getting stronger powers to dish out community service.

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Victims\' Advocate, Ruth Money, told Mike Hosking that the changes lack detail and substance.

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She says there\'s a lot of words that look like there\'ll be action, but technically there\'s not much action at all.

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