Sweden aims to lower age of criminal responsibility to 13 as gangs recruit children (www.bbc.com)
from Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to world@lemmy.world on 27 Jan 15:01
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whereIsTamara@lemmy.org on 27 Jan 15:44 next collapse

Come out and play.

ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca on 27 Jan 17:30 collapse

“You’re under 18, you won’t be doing any ti-ee-ime.

HeeeEEEeeey, come out and PLAY!”

whereIsTamara@lemmy.org on 27 Jan 17:47 collapse

It’s under 13 now. I guess they need to re-record a Swedish version!

JoMiran@lemmy.ml on 27 Jan 16:14 next collapse

That goes against well documented psychology and physiological development research.

earlstilt@feddit.uk on 27 Jan 16:47 next collapse

Criminalise exploited teens - genius

gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works on 27 Jan 17:45 next collapse

Ah yes, let’s apply punishment to the symptom instead of looking for and addressing any root cause issues that are causing this shit.

Side note: if any Swedes here want to share some insight and nuance into what’s going on up there and how it got to this point, I’d be very interested to hear.

Codpiece@feddit.uk on 27 Jan 17:58 collapse

Don’t the swedes see prison as a means of rehabilitation? If so, this could be a legal way of getting them away from danger and out of future trouble.

Regna@lemmy.world on 27 Jan 18:06 next collapse

The main problem is that we haven’t even the capacity for rehabilitating adult criminals now, and no facility or established rehabilitation for the young ones. If we want young criminals incarcerated, we need a solid system that doesn’t break them even further.

VibeSurgeon@piefed.social on 27 Jan 18:48 collapse

The right-wing that is currently in power doesn’t really see it that way, unfortunately.