Youth Crime cue cards introduction

Question 1

We need to prevent this from happening

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Answer 1

We need to prevent this from happening.

Question 2

We can, we can stop this all we need…

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Answer 2

And we can, we can stop this, all we need are *fixed minimum periods of detention for teenagers convicted of gross violence.

Question 3

2011-2015, 317,960 offences committed by 10-19.

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Answer 3

Between 2011 and 2015, there were 317,960 offences committed by people aged between 10 and 19.

Question 4

Avg per person over 2, meaning if we had

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Answer 4

The average offences per person was over 2, meaning that ifwe had fixed minimum periods, we could reduce the offences by more than half.

Question 5

Contention + introduce 3 points

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Answer 5

There needs tobe fixed minimum periods of detention for teenagers convicted of gross violence. If there were, teenagers would be deterred from acting violent and our community would be protected and peaceful.