Boot camps for youth

There is lots of talk about boot camps as the answer to youth crime.

The trouble is all the do-gooders will water down the legislation.

Even the opposition are still looking at a three strikes and you’re out policy.

The decision to commit a crime is all about risk vs reward.

How on earth do you expect to discourage a child from committing a crime when he or she knows that they can get caught several times before any action will be taken?

Then they get sent away to a culturally sensitive environment where they will be looked after.

Perhaps the rest of us should get three strikes before we are punished for drink-driving or speeding.

After that a six-week stint on Great Keppel Island might teach us a lesson. Jim Murdoch, Brinsmead

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