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As part of this research exercise you are to write a briefing paper in response to the following hypothetical scenario:Its election time again and the NSW government is proposing to introduce new legislation which they say will get toughon crime and make the State’s streets and homes safe again. NSW Minister for Justice Laura Norder said:“We have watched too many people walk absolutely scot free from our courts, no one respects the law anymore butthat’s about to change.”If re-elected the government says they will:• Introduce tough mandatory custodial penalties for a range of offences, and three strikes and you are in forothers.• Juveniles convicted of a second offence are to serve 28 days detention, unless ordered to attend a diversionprogram where they are available.The government in response to a strong campaign from the Retailers Association has also introduced three strikes andyou are in legislation for shoplifting.Your response:Write a 1,200 word briefing paper in response to the governments proposed sentencing changes. Take care to considerthe following in your response:• The existing literature on the nature of juvenile crime• Patterns of offending (e.g. how juvenile offending profiles differ from adults, proportion and types of crimesperpetrated by juveniles). Does the research evidence support the proposed changes?Learning Guide 2013-Autumn 400684-Juvenile Crime and Justice Page 8 of 16• The competing rationalities that make up the criminal justice system and the effects on young people. Whatrationality underpins this proposal? Is it in anyway problematic?• Critically examine societal/political (e.g. cultural or social anxieties about youth, media generated moral panics) forcesaffecting this response to juvenile crime. Is the proposed response evidence based or reactionary in nature?• Consider the effects of punitive measures on vulnerable youth. Use the young people lens and the Indigenous lens toinform your discussion of the effects.• Make sure you reach a conclusion & make recommendation(s) for alternative responses to youth offending.Remember that this is a research exercise and you are required to use scholarly articles and reliable sources to supportyour claims. The weekly readings are a good starting point. Especially the Richards (2011) reading set for week 3. A listof recommended readings will be made available on vUWS by the end of week 3. However, students should make sureto also engage in their own independent research.

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Juvenile Justice System: A Briefing on the Proposed Policy 
NSW Minister for Justice, Laura Norder, has proposed that if re-elected the government 
is going to bring some comprehensive changes to the present justice system and specifically in 
respect of juvenile crimes. Norder has proposed that to bring back the trust of people on law and 
order of the land the government, if re-elected, would be introducing tough mandatory custodial 
penalties for a range of offences and changes will be ushered in the realm of juvenile justice 
system. Moreover, Norder has also assured that crimes like shoplifting would be also handled 
strictly by the government, if re-elected. So, keeping in mind the proposal of the Minister of 
Justice, the primary endeavor in this paper is to analyze the present juvenile justice system, the 
patterns of offending, the presumable effects that can be rendered by the proposed changes on 
the young people, and the societal and political consequences that such changes can bring along.  
The nature of juvenile crimes have changed drastically over the last few years and it 
should be admitted that after the 1990s “Juvenile crime grew more serious and violent, the rate 
of offending by females increased disproportionately, youth began entering the juvenile justice 
system at younger ages, and gang involvement became more prevalent” (Stone n.d.). But it 
would be a folly to consider that the rate of juvenile crimes is on the rise and it is increasing with 
a tremendous velocity. And this argument can be supported by a report prepared by Puzzanchera 
and Adams (2011) for the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) 
regarding the rate of juvenile arrests that took place in the year 2009. The report shows some 
interesting figures and this indicate that the rate of juvenile crimes across the different states of 
the United States is actually going through a downward slope. According to the report 
(Puzzanchera & Adams 2011), “juvenile arrests for violent offenses declined 10% between 2008 
and 2009, and overall juvenile arrests fell 9% during that same period. Between 1994… and 
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