Inquiry: 14-year-olds who commit serious crimes should be jailed - Radio Sweden

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A report submitted to the government today suggests that the age of criminal responsibility for particularly serious crimes be lowered to 14 years. SVT visited Näsbyparkskolan in Täby outside Stockholm and asked some seventh-graders what they think. – Good because they can catch more people who have committed serious crimes, but also bad if the gangs start recruiting even younger people, says Olivia Froelich, thirteen years old.

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Sweden wants to lower the age limit for criminal responsibility, although it is known that the number of crimes will not decrease, writes journalist Anni Emilia Alentola from Sweden. Here in Sweden, there is yet another wave of gang violence going on. There have been thirty explosive device attacks during the month of January. That's a record number for a single month that hasn't even run out yet. The gang situation remains difficult: children a…

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In Sweden, an advisory commission proposes that the government temporarily strengthen responsibility for serious crimes from the age of 14.