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“Young offenders must face consequences, and as quickly as possible”
CDU General Secretary Carsten Linnemann
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In view of the rise in youngster and youth crime in Germany, the CDU is asking for a debate concerning the present age of legal accountability, which is 14 years. Secretary General Carsten Linnemann now presents concrete concepts. This not solely features a common ban on cell telephones in major faculties.
CDU General Secretary Carsten Linnemann is discussing reducing the age of legal accountability from 14 to 12 years. “Young offenders must feel the consequences, and as quickly as possible,” writes Linnemann in a visitor article revealed on Monday for the Internet portal “t-online”. The CDU politician additionally desires to make mother and father extra accountable. He additionally proposes a ban on cell telephones in all German major faculties.
In Switzerland, legal accountability begins on the age of ten, argues Linnenmann. But earlier than a brand new authorized scenario is created in Germany, a research is required on the query of whether or not the maturation course of of kids and younger folks has shifted ahead.
From Linnemann's standpoint, it isn’t solely mandatory to handle kids and younger folks, but additionally mother and father. “It can be helpful to provide the responsible authorities with a wide range of measures. In some cases, an appointment with youth welfare services may help. In other cases, fines could be effective,” writes Linnemann.
And then there might actually be circumstances “in which more complex measures are needed, in the form of educational, violence prevention or integration courses”.
Linnemann additionally cites media consumption and the affect of networks comparable to TikTok as triggers for an growing willingness to make use of violence amongst kids and younger folks. “Animals are tortured, people are beheaded, and it's all like on an assembly line. Does anyone actually believe that something like this will pass our children without a trace?” asks the CDU General Secretary.
There remains to be quite a bit to do within the areas of media literacy and media regulation: “Perhaps we can start small: with a nationwide ban on cell phones in all primary schools throughout Germany.”
https://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article251598412/Carsten-Linnemann-Jugendliche-Straftaeter-muessen-Konsequenzen-spueren-und-zwar-so-rasch-wie-moeglich.html