PODCAST: What drives youth crime in our community

In this episode of Connect and Learn, HBNC Operations Manager, Christian Berechree, speaks with Dimitra Lattas - a forensic social worker and lecturer at USC Fraser Coast - about the complex topic of youth crime.

Their conversation covers what youth crime actually is, as well as some of the driving forces behind this behaviour in our young people.

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