Palaszczuk and criminologists reject calls for serious youth offenders to be treated as adults

Experts say incarceration only increases risk of offending after Queensland police union president’s comments

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Annastacia Palaszczuk and criminologists have rebuffed a call by Queensland’s police union president for serious youth offenders to be treated as adults, after three women were killed in a crash in Maryborough.

A 13-year-old boy is facing three charges of dangerous driving causing death after allegedly stealing a Mercedes from a Maryborough home at 10.45pm on Sunday.

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