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Doing my best to stay out of this "doctor killed in home invasion" and "Old man pushed into water" stories. Not doing a good job, I admit... but man what is going on here lately?! Be interesting to see how this plays out politically. Andrews would've already called a presser, announced another well-meaning-but-ultimately-useless-taskforce. If Libs had half a brain cell to share between them they'd be attacking the Allan government on being soft, and I hate to say it but that'd be a pretty easy picture to paint at the moment.
crime ain't upticking. Reporting of crime in sensationalised ways is. The fact you went straight to the politics of it is your answer as to why.
It's also a classic example of the availability heuristic.
Two notable youth crime events happened recently; therefore, youth crime must be increasing. It's a non sequitur. But it does unfortunately work on the populace -- and has since time immemorial.