‘Happy, healthy kids don’t engage in criminal activity’: Youth crime and mental health crisis
Sky News Australia host Liz Storer feels the mental health crisis is not discussed enough in relation to the staggering rise in youth crime.
The latest national data shows youth offender rates have increased for the first time in more than a decade.
“What we don’t talk about enough is obviously happy, healthy kids do not engage in criminal activity,” Ms Storer told Sky News Australia host Chris Kenny.
‘Happy, healthy kids don’t engage in criminal activity’: Youth crime and mental health crisis
“We do know that we have a mental health crisis here in this country, which is disproportionately affecting our young people.
“They’re growing up in a world that is unrecognisable, thanks to technology.
“Unrecognisable for their parents, and the toll that is taking on kids mental health, and how they feel about the world and their place in it.”