http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/15/teenage-deaths-in-athens-and-melbourne-a-comparison/ now with extra source Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:22:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/12/15/teenage-deaths-in-athens-and-melbourne-a-comparison/#comment-14124 Dave Liberts Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000 #comment-14124 Good article. There are a bunch of reasons for the different reactions to the deaths, and some key differences between the police in each country, but the similarities in each case are important too. Most crucially, both police departments need to ask themselves how such cases can be avoided in the future. Why and how the Victorian government has allowed this terrible record of killing citizens with mental health issues to accumulate is beyond me. The Victorian police force's reputation was terrible years ago, yet little has changed. Good article. There are a bunch of reasons for the different reactions to the deaths, and some key differences between the police in each country, but the similarities in each case are important too. Most crucially, both police departments need to ask themselves how such cases can be avoided in the future. Why and how the Victorian government has allowed this terrible record of killing citizens with mental health issues to accumulate is beyond me. The Victorian police force’s reputation was terrible years ago, yet little has changed.

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