Author and principal investigator of the report, Dr Vicki Sentas (Senior Lecturer in Law at UNSW and convenor of the RLC Police Clinic), said that by targeting Aboriginal young people and others under the age of 25, the Suspect Targeting Management Plan (STMP) is undermining the aims of the NSW youth justice system. There's also no clear evidence that it prevents crime.
“Young people are experiencing patterns of oppressive policing that are harmful to them, their families, the community and are particularly harmful in criminalising already over-policed Aboriginal young people,” Dr Sentas said.
Download the Youth Justice Coalition report: Policing Young People in NSW A study of the Suspect Targeting Management Plan (Lead authors: Vicki Sentas and Camilla Pandolfini)
