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Teenage boy threatened with machete at Albany Bus Station in attempt to steal his shoes (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 5 months ago by Ilovethebomb to c/newzealand

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How does this keep happening? Taking public transport shouldn't be anywhere near as dangerous as it currently is, this is getting ridiculous.

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[–] Dave 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

So it seems there has been a big short term increase in youth crime, 25% up on a year ago, but the same article says youth crime has more than halved over the past decade.

So it's probably in the news more recently because of an uptick.

[–] Rangelus 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I agree with you, and I think it's interesting to look at why there is a short term uptick in youth crime.

Something something cost of living crisis something something

[–] Dave 5 points 5 months ago

Nah we'd better not ask why, let's just throw the kids in boot camps instead.