Increasing Female Juvenile Crime Is A Priority
By Jethro Jake
CRIMINOLOGISTS and community leaders have called for more young women to commit crimes, after alarming crime statistics recently released by the Australian Bureau of Crime Statistics (ABOCS) show boys are over-represented in juvenile crime facilities.
"We need to encourage girls to commit more serious crimes, that's obvious," said Rebecca Forkettit, of Sisters For Crime (SFC). "For too long boys have dominated the juvenile justice system and it's time that women fought back. It's always the boys off committing the crimes while the girls are doing the right thing - it's time to say that girls can be bad as well."
Ms Forkettit said there had been positive crime models for women with the "sadly" now-defunct Australian show Prisoner, set in a women's prison, as well as British show Bad Girls.
"They have shown women that they don't have to be subservient to men," she said. "That women can be just as violent and horrible as men can be. Now it's time to prove in real life to girls that they can commit just as many crimes as boys."
Criminologist Peter Wabbit said it was alarming so few girls compared to boys were committing crimes. "I don't understand," said Mr Wabbit. "I have two sons and two daughters and the girls are just as miserable and horrible as the boys. None of them have committed crimes...yet. But if I were to encourage the boys to commit crimes, I would equally encourage the girls."
Mr Wabbit said girls were just as capable as boys at committing crimes. "It's a sad indictment on society when girls are being discouraged from committing crimes and boys are given the go-ahead," he said.
Attorney-General Phillip Ruddock was unable to comment as he was at Sydney's exclusive girls school The Exclusive Sydney Girls Grammar School, promoting white-collar crime as an alternative career path.
However, a spokesperson for Mr Ruddock said he held Martha Stewart in high regard and would ask her to come to Australia and head up a girls crime program, just as soon as she gets that collar off her ankle.
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This is the first news report for Wit in a while. The office has been closed to see if it can come up with any new ideas. They didn't but they thought they would soldier on anyway. Jethro Jake is an amateur person and Wit's senior reporter. His last story was National Day of Action Movies Warns Against Death of Macho Man.
CRIMINOLOGISTS and community leaders have called for more young women to commit crimes, after alarming crime statistics recently released by the Australian Bureau of Crime Statistics (ABOCS) show boys are over-represented in juvenile crime facilities.
"We need to encourage girls to commit more serious crimes, that's obvious," said Rebecca Forkettit, of Sisters For Crime (SFC). "For too long boys have dominated the juvenile justice system and it's time that women fought back. It's always the boys off committing the crimes while the girls are doing the right thing - it's time to say that girls can be bad as well."
Ms Forkettit said there had been positive crime models for women with the "sadly" now-defunct Australian show Prisoner, set in a women's prison, as well as British show Bad Girls.
"They have shown women that they don't have to be subservient to men," she said. "That women can be just as violent and horrible as men can be. Now it's time to prove in real life to girls that they can commit just as many crimes as boys."
Criminologist Peter Wabbit said it was alarming so few girls compared to boys were committing crimes. "I don't understand," said Mr Wabbit. "I have two sons and two daughters and the girls are just as miserable and horrible as the boys. None of them have committed crimes...yet. But if I were to encourage the boys to commit crimes, I would equally encourage the girls."
Mr Wabbit said girls were just as capable as boys at committing crimes. "It's a sad indictment on society when girls are being discouraged from committing crimes and boys are given the go-ahead," he said.
Attorney-General Phillip Ruddock was unable to comment as he was at Sydney's exclusive girls school The Exclusive Sydney Girls Grammar School, promoting white-collar crime as an alternative career path.
However, a spokesperson for Mr Ruddock said he held Martha Stewart in high regard and would ask her to come to Australia and head up a girls crime program, just as soon as she gets that collar off her ankle.
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This is the first news report for Wit in a while. The office has been closed to see if it can come up with any new ideas. They didn't but they thought they would soldier on anyway. Jethro Jake is an amateur person and Wit's senior reporter. His last story was National Day of Action Movies Warns Against Death of Macho Man.
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