Campaign debate on youth crime resembles Great Lakes fog horn: big noise and no light

The Conservative campaign promises to tighten the Youth Criminal Justice Act have sent journalists delving into subtleties of the criminal mind, no?

OTTAWADoes evil exist? The noun, long-banished from everyday newsroom discourse as old-fashioned, is making a resurgence in the debate over youth crime. "There's no question that teenagers can sometimes be evil," wrote The Red Deer Advocate. "Evil-doers," The

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