The justice system isn’t instilling a sense of right or wrong in young criminals

THE harrowing details of the bashing and stabbing of Thomas Davis are any parents worse nightmare

Carol Davis with her son Thomas, who was stabbed in broad daylight. Picture Katrina Bridgeford .

THE harrowing details of the bashing and stabbing of Thomas Davis are any parents worse nightmare.

When the 13-year-old stumbled into his mother’s workplace, bleeding from his torso, his mother Carol was horrified with what had happened to her son.

Only millimetres from death, Thomas was one of the latest victims of what has been a string of violent attacks in Palmerston in the past month.

A students at Rosebery College was attacked and hospitalised after a knife attack on school grounds.

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As Carol mentioned, and her thoughts were previously aired by MLA Terry Mills, there seems to be a lack of fear among youths for the consequences of their actions.

It was an attack in broad daylight in a prominent part of the Palmerston CBD.

Carol was furious that the majority of the youths involved in the attack were allowed to leave court on bail.

If the punishment for the crimes is so light that the perpetrators know they will walk away is the justice system really instilling a sense of right and wrong within the youths?

This is what seems to be missing most.

There has been a lot of talk within the community and media commentators about how to best address the youth crime problem.

Many different approaches have been made, including victim conferencing, with some spruiking better results than others. The right solution is yet to be found.