Crime in Alice Springs has hit boiling point recently following riots in the CBD. An emergency youth curfew has been put in place and 60 extra police sent to the city. Alice Springs has long struggled with youth crime. Back in 2015, a community vigilante group was trying to combat the problem, but how would it work? Would it work without community support? And what would residents think of the method now? This doco is from the Feed archives - from 2015.

0:00 Intro
0:22 Welcome to Alice Springs
1:07 The rise of youth crime and the drop in funding
2:13 The over-representation of Indigenous youth in detention
3:05 Could a vigilante group fix youth crime in Alice Springs?
4:38 Residents and police disagree with vigilante surveillance
5:20 How do vigilante groups operate? And do they work?
5:52 Is youth crime a problem in Alice Springs?
6:55 The Alice Springs community perspective
7:44 What Alice Springs community wants to fix the problem

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