VICTORIA'S PROPOSED ADULT CRIME FOR VIOLENT CRIME LAWS:

* Children as young as 14 will be sentenced for certain offences in County Court instead of the Children's Court

* Offences are aggravated home invasion, home invasion, intentionally causing injury in circumstances of gross violence, recklessly causing injury in circumstances of gross violence and aggravated carjacking

* Carjacking will be heard in the County Court by default unless there are "substantial and compelling reasons" not to

* Aggravated burglary and armed robbery involving youth offenders will also move to the County Court if "serious and repeated"

* County courts can impose jail sentences of up to 25 years for aggravated home invasion and aggravated carjacking, but the changes would lift the maximum sentence for thos

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