Raise the Age (Pilot Project)
From left: Helena Trang, Georgina Clarke, Tenille Lazenby and Tom Penglis.
RAISE THE MINIMUM AGE OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY
Partner Organisation: Social Reinvestment WA (SRWA)
Project Supervisors: Sophie Stewart (SRWA), Reginald Ramos (SRWA)
Project Mentor: Samantha Nadilo
The team worked to produce an evidence-based paper along SRWA's guidelines. Namely; a comprehensive piece of research with the purpose of informing, educating and convincing the public of not only why WA should raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility but how this objective may be realised. This involved a thorough analysis of what alternatives to sentencing exist regionally, nationally and abroad.
WAJA's research will underpin SRWA's official policy paper on this issue and inform their future campaigning strategies. SRWA's paper will stand alongside the organisation's broader Youth Justice Report. The comprehensive report examines the complex ways by which WA's legal system negatively impacts young people and proposes an approach of justice reinvestment to address the causes of youth offending and reduce crime rates.
Our final report is available below, alongside our summary report.
Publications:
Click to read WAJA’s official Raise the Age campaign report.
Click to read the Pilot Project summary report.