Schweden will das Strafmündigkeitsalter auf 13 Jahre senken, da Banden Kinder rekrutieren

Im old enough to remember when Sweden used to export cars. Now its criminals. I liked Volvo.

Useless. Arrest the recruiters, break up the ghettoisation of the poorest neighborhoods, give alternatives to the kids. That’s how we greatly reduced the influence of the mafia on the youth in southern Italy 

This is an absolute nightmare.

 Ethical societal methods will always lose in a race to the bottom against unprincipled criminal elements.

In response to lowering the age of criminal responsibility to 13, they’ll just start using 11-year-olds.

The only thing that would probably stop the criminals would be a measure where, for a committed crime, instead of the child, the adult accomplices and instigators would receive a 15-year (or longer) prison sentence.

Anything but to address the root issue. The vast majority of Swedens violent gangs are ethnic. Citizenship is a privilege, not a right when you are an immigrant. Lowering the age of responsibility isn’t solving the issue.

Make gangs illigal for all ages? 🙂

Stopping the leaves of the poisoned tree from falling doesn’t cure the tree

By the time a teenager has been recruited by criminals to do some of their dirty work, a lot has gone wrong already. Exit programs do exist, but I’m willing to bet these kids don’t feel like a part of society, or have high hopes of getting a regular job and building a regular life.

Hope this changes something for the better, though.

Good, 13 year olds aren’t dumb or clueless, should know not to get involved with crime. If parents can’t raise them responsible, then legal system has to.

Increase punishment for gangs recruiting children, parents should face punishment if they get recruited.

And most importantly, increase funding to police forces.

This works for a country that’s actually dedicated to rehabilitating prisoners

And we Swedish citizens are ashamed of our government. We do not want to put children in prison.

start by legalizing weed so kids dont have to shoot other kids in the head for nothing

What a dumb way to approach this, especially for Sweden. Work on creating third places and tackling poverty.

TIL that Sweden has gangs

I’d offer up what we do in Canada as model. It still has its challenges but recognizes a graduated approach to responsibility.

Children under 12 cannot be held criminally responsible and are referred to other services. It recognizes that the cognitive abilities of a child under 12.

12-17 are considered youth and are treated differently with a mix of possible incarceration and a lot of rehabilitative services. While it’s not perfect, it recognizes that youth are still in a formative stage and there’s a chance here to make corrections. You have to pick some threshold and 18 has become the legal limit when youth become adults. There is also a safety valve for serious crimes. Crown also has the option to apply for a youth to be treated as an adult (need to apply to judge, a sort of hearing-within-a-hearing occurs). If successful, the youth is transferred to adult system, although the additional rehabilitative services remain available. You see it used more for crimes in the 16-17 range. The absolute minimum age a youth can be treated as an adult is 14 years. There is a recent ongoing case where the Crown was successful in have a [14 year old accused of murder moved to adult court](https://www.saltwire.com/newfoundland-labrador/nl-teen-pleads-guilty-to-murdering-woman-who-helped-raise-him). Even in this case, they are looking at rehabilitative services as part of the sentence in what is a sad case.

18 and above, you’re and adult.

Canada, especially Toronto was facing a similar challenge as Sweden with youth being recruited by gangs for mainly car thefts. There have been discussion about similar new laws and penalties for adults who recruit youth, recognizing that you have to target the adult organizers.

Edit: corrected „treated as an adult is 14 years old“

I’m sure that will fix it.