THEiti, brawls, stabbing, even shots. The increase in crimes made by minors impresses not only for the growing percentage as for the methods. Because the methods used by these young people to hit peers are marked by unheard of violence and above all by the habit of handling weapons.
Just analyze some episodes that have marked the last few weeks. Frascati. A 14 year old grabs a knife and hurts a partner several times of school that is 16 years old. He does it in front of other boys, a gesture that appears inexplicable. He was arrested a few hours later at his girlfriend’s house and confesses: “I attacked him because I had sold a sweatshirt but he had not given me the 60 euros agreed”.
Bolzano. Two 10 -year -old children beat them on the street. Nobody manages to separate them until a police steering wheel intervenes. The agents manage to quell the clash and so it turns out that one of the two had also used one stinging pepper sprayand who had sprayed him in the eyes of the “rival”.
Fiorenza Sarzanini (photo by Carlo Vangi Gilbert).
Turin. A 14 year old attacks a schoolmate with screams and insults. Then he takes a lighter and scarks his face By affecting a V on the cheek. It is brought to a detention structure and it turns out that that letter stands for revenge and at the center of the dispute there would be a disputed boy.
Cases of juvenile violence is increasing (Photo Getty Images).
According to police analysts behind the violent behavior of the very young, as well as the choice to join the baby gangs, there are “problematic relationships with families, with peers or with the school systemrelational difficulties or inclusion in the social fabric and a context of social or economic unease. The use of social networks is also influential as a tool to strengthen group identities and generate emulation processes or self -absorption. The support of technology and sharing should then be added; In fact, seeking popularity on social media represents a further challenge that makes young people feel even more powerful ».
They are certainly decisive factors. But it would be good to remember above all If the attackers are little more than children that come from environments that are anything but disadvantaged, how important it is, and must be, the control by parents.
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