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'Youth crime rates have plummeted in Queensland despite claims from both major
parties that the state is in the grip of a youth crime crisis.
Both Labor and the LNP have claimed that Queensland's youth crime rate had
increased and that harsher penalties would decrease it.
University of Queensland criminologist Renee Zahnow said there was "absolutely
unanimous" academic consensus that both of these claims were false.
"There's no data to suggest that the rates of youth crime are spiralling out of
control in Queensland or indeed anywhere in Australia," Associate Professor
Zahnow said.
"Whilst the population has continued to grow we've actually seen the number of
offences stay the same or decrease in certain areas."
She said the false claims were fuelled by sensationalist news outlets, social
media platforms, and political opportunism.'
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