Hamburg Tightens Measures Against Violence by Mentally Ill People

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More help and better protection: Three Hamburg authorities will work more closely together from Friday than before to prevent violence by mentally ill people.

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The Hamburg CDU welcomes the planned establishment of a network for risk management for mentally ill violent offenders. Dennis Gladiator, the CDU parliamentary group's domestic policy spokesperson, calls for rapid implementation of the measures. "The 'White Tiger' case recently demonstrated how slow authorities reacted, even though numerous warning signs had been known for months," Gladiator said. The new network is intended to improve communica…

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The topic is not new and is now being discussed very massively when reports appear, as they say today: "Hamburg wants to prevent acts of violence by mentally ill people early and better". For many people this creates the fear that mentally ill people will now be put under a general suspicion as violent offenders. This suspicion is further supported by formulations such as "Bundesweit can be observed an increase in serious acts of violence by men…

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After the Messerattack at Hamburger Hauptbahnhof in May, many Hamburgers asked themselves: Would that be prevented? So authorities want to eliminate dangers early.