Sweden Proposes Lowering Criminal Responsibility Age to 13 for Serious Crimes | Sweden Herald
Sweden Proposes Lowering Criminal Responsibility Age to 13 for Serious Crimes | Sweden Herald
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Sweden Considers Lowering Criminal Responsibility Age to 13 | Sweden Herald
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/48325189
Before they change the law, they should deal with the issue that we don’t have enough rehab facilities for young offenders. And those facilities that we have don’t meet the requirements of current laws and regulations.
We can’t put the kids in prisons with hardened adult criminals. These kids need rehabilitation, help with getting free from drugs (many get hooked on Tramadol and other drugs when they start working with gangs) and schooling so that they can be integrated back into society when they’re free again.
don't forget that those existing facilites are badly mismanaged, rampant with abuse, and the reason some of these kids are criminals to begin with.
Yes, I entirely agree, which is why I am adamant that this should be fixed before the law change sends more kids from troubled circumstances into a hell hole with no options.
fair enough, that would be the carrot, this is the stick
No, ”the stick” IS rehab, schooling, counseling etc. Or it should be. Prisons in Sweden are rehabilitation oriented, but putting hardened criminals together with kids is not the right approach.
Many of these kids have been groomed and then hooked on drugs like Tramadol, so that a small reward like a nice e-scooter, designer shoes or money has overrun their already lacking sense of consequences.
We have had kids who got sent into substandard rehab facilities and got murdered for refusing to commit murders. So before the law change sends more kids into limbo, we desperately need to have solutions for rehab in place. Which we lack.