Tuesday, February 08, 2005

Teenage offenders shown the ropes / [Australia] The Age, 8 Feb 2005

http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Teenage-offenders-to-get-the-ropes/2005/02/07/1107625136188.html
Selma Milovanovic
"Western suburbs teenagers who commit minor offences will undergo a rope-climbing course with police instead of being convicted, in a bid to prevent their return to crime.
First-time offenders aged from 13 to 17 from the western suburbs will join the program - which has dramatically reduced rates of re-offending in Melbourne's south-east since 2003 - from April."