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'Boot camps' not quite what they seem

To all those criminologists and human rights types who got indignant: Well done. I'm sure Steven Joyce appreciates your contribution to the cause.

Tue, 15 Aug 2017

The obvious aspect of the government’s new youth justice policy – dubbed “boot camps” by opponents – is that it is the usual, election-year sop to the "law and order" vote – a tradition in New Zealand politics that goes back to at least the mid-1950s scare over juvenile delinquency and the

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