Without access to psychologists through the courts, youth offenders are being denied a path to diversion and getting stuck in ‘quicksand’
A 2018 NSW inquiry into youth diversion found that 1.5% of young defendants are diverted from a criminal penalty via a treatment plan to help address their condition.A 2018 NSW inquiry into youth diversion found that 1.5% of young defendants are diverted from a criminal penalty via a treatment plan to help address their condition.appeared before a local court on a property damage charge two years ago, the magistrate tried to avoid giving her a criminal penalty.
Without access to this diversion, she faced a criminal penalty. Clifford describes what has happened to her in the two years since that first interaction with the court as like being stuck in “quicksand”. Despite this, a 2018 NSW inquiry into youth diversion found that only about 1.5% of young defendants in the local court are diverted from a criminal penalty via a treatment plan to help address their condition. The main reason for this low figure was because of a lack of the services needed in courts.
“ might reduce the crime because they’re locked up, but then the moment they’re out, if they’ve got nothing better to do, and the conditions are not treated still, then they’re going to keep returning.”
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