The prima facie position that convictions should not be recorded for child offenders under s 184 of the Youth Justice Act 1992 (Qld) may be displaced where the offences are serious, committed in the course of a series of allied offences, and the child has a lengthy criminal history demonstrating a pattern of disregard for court orders. The fact that offending was committed under the influence of methamphetamine is not necessarily a mitigating factor.
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