The General Directorate of Public Security has been instructed to set up a Juvenile Crime Task Force (EJK), which will, among other things, carry out checks in public spaces. The focus is on metropolitan areas and possible hotspots, Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) said on Tuesday. The youth police (Jukop) in Linz is a role model.
The new task force will work closely with the street crime task force and will also be affiliated with it organizationally. In addition, the “EJK” will work closely with the specialists of the state criminal investigation agencies. The national cooperation rests with Dieter Csefan, head of the crime prevention department at the Federal Criminal Police Office.
Karner wants to continue with the “available hardships.”
“The goal is to protect children and remove violent criminals from traffic, with the right emphasis and with the strictness that the rule of law has,” Karner emphasized. The police measures taken so far in the consistent approach to juvenile crime would be bundled in the task force.
Crimes among young people under the age of 14 increased
The number of crimes committed by young people and children under the age of 14 has doubled in the past ten years. At the same time, there has only been a slight increase among young people over the age of 14 and even a decrease among young adults. The main crimes committed by young people and minors are theft, damage to property, bodily harm, burglary and dangerous threats.
There may be changes in criminal liability
A group of experts already established will also make suggestions on how to make parents more responsible, how to improve children’s use of social media and mobile phones and how to make the asylum system more differentiated and tightened when the time comes. to underage migrants. In addition, attention will be paid to the different age limits for criminal liability within Europe in order to exchange experiences and make comparisons. A possible change in criminal liability is part of the overall strategy.
Source: Krone
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