Juvenile Justice Advocates for more Multisystemic Therapy
Twenty-five years ago, the Australian state of Queensland lowered the age a youth is considered an adult from 18 to 17. This flew counter to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, international law and the rest of the country.
Now, Queensland is rethinking this, following an abuse scandal at the Northern Territory’s Don Dale facility that has the country questioning how juvenile offenders are treated.
