自由党强化少年犯罪管理法

在 Andrews 政府一直未对少年犯罪採取行动，维州少年犯罪又每况愈下时，维州自由党决定推动强化少年犯罪管理法，以更强大的力度打击青少年犯罪问题。

影子警察部长 Edward O’Donohue 于上周在议会提交一份新的法案，该法案将对于少年犯罪后的假释採取更严格的审核机制，此举用以改善少年犯罪后又马上释放回社区犯下更多罪行的情况发生。

根据新法律，社区安全将被列入假释最优先考量的因素，此一审核方式等同于成人犯的假释评估。 这一切皆因自 Andrews 政府放宽青少年保释法后，青少年犯罪问题每况愈下。 少年获得假释或保释后，直接返回社区犯下罪行的案例已司空见惯，成为邻里惊惧的原因，更成为维州治安恶化的主因之一。

血淋淋的案例近在眼前，上星期，一名下班后的警察于家中遭到 19 岁的年轻犯人刺伤，该犯人亦于保释期间犯下的该案件。 有鑑于此，强化保释管理才能真正保护邻里。

英文版/ English version

Liberals move for tougher youth crime laws

The Victorian Liberals have moved to introduce stronger laws against juvenile criminals, after the Andrews government has failed to act.

The Shadow Minister for Police, Edward O’Donohue, last week brought to Parliament a proposed law to make it harder for juvenile criminals to be released from custody and return to committing more crimes.

Under the new law, community safety must be the top priority in deciding whether to release a juvenile offender on parole. This is the same test as applies to adult offenders.

Far too often, juvenile offenders released on parole or on bail have gone straight back to committing more violent crimes. Juvenile crime has soared since the Andrews government weakened juvenile bail laws last year.

Last week saw more violent crimes by young offenders, including an off-duty policeman stabbed in his home by a 19 year old offender who had been released on bail.