The Youth Offender Blitz was launched in Mount Isa yesterday by the Member for Mount Isa Betty Kiernan who said

it will be the "circuit breaker" targeting about 18 young people here who "commit the most crimes".

Mount Isa is one of 12 centres statewide to embrace the model which has identified about 200 repeat offenders responsible for 28 per cent of Queensland's juvenile crime.

The Youth Offender Blitz initiative's four-pronged approach includes: ensuring young people are learning or are working, not offending; intensive case planning and follow through; one-on-one support and mentoring in the community; and getting parents involved and taking more responsibility.

Mrs Kiernan said the introduction of the initiative here was "great news for Mount Isa, helping tackle local youth crime to make the community safer".

"I get angry, like you, when juvenile criminals wreck our property and steal to sniff.

"We can all be angry and judgemental; or we can do something about it."

The initiative has had positive results in other parts of the State since it was launched in November 2011 in Cairns, Gold Coast and Rockhampton.

Queensland Government figures report a 7.7 per cent reduction in youth crime over the past 10 years.

"This is what being both tough on crime and the causes of crime involves. It means doing the one-on-one hard work with offenders to make sure they get the support they need," said Mrs Kiernan.

"The overwhelming majority of young Queenslanders do the right thing."

This initiative, she said, is "about their lives; making their lives more valuable".

Mrs Kiernan said the results might be slow in coming, but "a small victory is a victory".

The Youth Offender Blitz initiative is being driven by the Department of Communities and relies on the co-operation of several government and non-government agencies, including Murri Juvenile Courts, Youth Justice Service Centres, Child Safety Service Centres, Queensland Police, Education Queensland and Queensland Health.