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Serious Youth Offenders w/ Dr Ronald Kramer: November 28, 2022

Serious Youth Offenders w/ Dr Ronald Kramer: November 28, 2022

Serious Youth Offenders w/ Dr Ronald Kramer: November 28, 2022 Serious Youth Offenders w/ Dr Ronald Kramer: November 28, 2022, 16.22 MB
Monday, November 28, 2022

National party has proposed to send teen offenders to military-style boot camps. Ten to seventeen year olds are considered being put in a new “serious young offender” category. National's leader Christopher Luxon said the policy was about reforming young offenders and he was confident it would work. Amnesty International and others have said it’s a bad idea. Arno spoke to University of Auckland criminologist Dr Ronald Kramer to find out more.