http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0503/S00282.htm
"Family group conferences for young offenders are being rorted, United Future's Marc Alexander said today in revealing a rising trend that has seen one young offender with 11 under his belt, and hundreds of teens who have taken part in anything from three to eight. "There is clearly a pool of hardened young offenders who blithely float from one crime to the next and for whom family group conferences are the proverbial wet bus ticket," he said in calling for a 'three strikes' rule for youth offenders."
