{"id":9450,"date":"2024-03-06T05:18:42","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T16:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=9450"},"modified":"2024-03-06T05:18:42","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T16:18:42","slug":"boot-camps-for-young-offenders-are-expensive-and-do-not-work-critics-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=9450","title":{"rendered":"Boot camps for young offenders are expensive and do not work, critics say"},"content":{"rendered":"

Critics of military style boot camps for young offenders say they do not work and will unfairly target those with disabilities or mental illness.<\/p>\n

On Tuesday it was announced the\u00a0first of the boot camps<\/a>\u00a0for serious young offenders promised by the coalition government would be operating by the middle of the year.<\/p>\n

Children’s Minister Karen Chhour said the announcement fulfilled the first 100-days commitment to crack down on serious youth offending.<\/p>\n

But IHC said boot camps would unfairly target young people with an intellectual disability.<\/p>\n

In a statement, IHC director of advocacy Tania Thomas said it ignored the preference to work with families and wh\u0101nau to support the wellbeing of youth offenders – many who had an intellectual disability.<\/p>\n

M\u0101ori were also disproportionately affected, she said.<\/p>\n

“There is a growing body of evidence that boot camps may not be effective in reducing recidivism or achieving long-term positive outcomes for youth offenders,” she said.<\/p>\n

Thomas said that data showed that intellectually disabled people were 1.5 times more likely to have a criminal conviction and 3.2 times more likely to be incarcerated.<\/p>\n

Professor Joanna Kidman was appointed as director of The National Centre of Research Excellence for Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism following the Christchurch mosque attacks.<\/p>\n

On X (formerly Twitter), she said there was a huge amount of evidence that boot camps did not work and were expensive.<\/p>\n

She said their introduction meant that she could only assume that the government hated children, most of whom would be brown and poor.<\/p>\n

On X, Auckland youth development worker and advocate\u00a0Aaron Hendry<\/a>\u00a0said there was clear evidence that boot camps were largely ineffective in reducing offending.<\/p>\n

Hendry said he was also concerned that boot camps would suck up resources needed to prevent harm from occurring in communities.<\/p>\n

Most of the children who caused harm had suffered trauma, abuse and neglect while a large percentage would have disabilities or be suffering from mental ill health, he said.<\/p>\n

People needed to consider what their collective responsibility towards these children, he said.<\/p>\n

“Punishment doesn’t bring health, and if we want results, we need to look at the evidence, and stop reacting to crime and begin responding to what works,” Hendry said.<\/p>\n

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