By Tina Law and Tanya Katterns – The Press A growing number of Christchurch pupils are struggling to deal with Mondays after binge drinking at the weekend, a top police officer says. Canterbury police district youth services co-ordinator Senior Sergeant John Robinson said yesterday that 15 and 16-year-olds were appearing in the Youth Court…
Today’s Dom Post is highlighting the alarming rates of drug abuse in young people, with children as young as 12 being caught with drugs in school playgrounds. The Post reports that “last year, schools stood down 1184 pupils for drugs, suspended 815, and expelled 30. Education Ministry statistics dating back to 2006 show rates of…
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But it’s someone else’s problem, according a Victoria University survey, Not in my backyard? Crime in the Neighbourhood, conducted by Institute of Criminology director Associate Professor Michael Rowe. This is taken from an write up by Alanah May Ericson in today’s NZ Herald newspaper: “New Zealanders can recognise crime in other areas, but prefer to…
From NZHerald, 21 Sept 09 “Northland children as young as 6 years old are being caught with cannabis at school. Police say many Northlanders smoke cannabis – this week it was revealed that of the 141,000 plants seized nationally in the 2008-09 season, almost half were in Northland – and many parents are exposing their…
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