Politics

Victoria

Crime

Opinion

Mirko Bagaric Law professor November 13, 2025 — 7.00pm

Crime is not a new problem. It’s not in the realm of driverless cars or drones. Societies have been dealing with crime for thousands of years. Billions of dollars have been poured into researching crime. Nothing short of breathtakingly warped government policy has resulted in Victoria this year notching up its highest youth crime rate since records began. Twice.

This didn’t happen by accident. It’s not normal.

There are two inescapable requirements to reducing crime: a high likelihood of detection and proportionate penalties. If either of these is missing, you get lawlessness. Victoria is seriously lacking in both these elements and the new Allan government proposal – to sentence some chil

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