Warning about law violations among young people

Multiple violations

In 2023, the People's Procuracy of Thai Hoa town coordinated with the Investigation Police Agency of the town to detect and handle 8 cases related to subjects who were students of junior high schools and high schools in the area committing the following acts: Illegal possession of drugs (pink pills, grass); Manufacturing firecrackers (matches), Possessing prohibited goods (firecrackers); Violating regulations on road traffic participation; Theft of property; Of which, 2 cases were prosecuted with 3 defendants, and 7 subjects were administratively punished.

In particular, the case of Cao Xuan T. (born in 2006), residing in Quang Tien ward, Thai Hoa town, was administratively fined by Thai Hoa town police for the act of "Illegal transportation of fireworks" on September 26, 2022.

However, T. did not repent but continued to possess 7 colorful spherical firecrackers, covered with plastic on the outside, each with a diameter of 1.5 cm, attached with a 2 cm long blue string, which was a firecracker. Therefore, on January 3, 2023, the People's Procuracy of Thai Hoa town approved the Decision to prosecute Cao Xuan T. for the crime of "Possessing prohibited goods". When prosecuted, T. was a student at a high school in the area.

Regarding the situation of young people violating the law, common behaviors are resolving conflicts by using weapons, causing trouble, fighting and disturbing public order; using illegal fireworks; trading and using drugs; school violence; robbery and theft. In addition, there are traffic safety violations such as: driving a vehicle when under the legal age; not having a driver's license; not wearing a helmet; weaving, swerving; doing wheelies when participating in traffic; not obeying traffic signals...

In Nghe An, since the beginning of the year, through patrolling and controlling, the authorities have detected and recorded 1,135 cases of students violating traffic safety order, with a total fine of more than 1 billion VND.

In mountainous and border areas, the increasing number of child marriages is also a concern for local authorities. For example, in the remote district of Ky Son, in 2023, there were 235 cases of child marriage, concentrated in the communes of Na Ngoi, Huoi Tu, Nam Can, Dooc May, Nam Can... Among them, there were cases of children only 13-14 years old, leaving many consequences for families and society.

According to the authorities, there are many reasons for the law-breaking and criminal behavior of young people and students. The main reasons are lack of legal knowledge, lack of life skills, impulsiveness and lack of experience in preventing risks and illegal behavior of others.

Subjectively, young people, teenagers, and students are at the age of mental, physiological, and physical development, like to express themselves, assert themselves, like to explore and discover new things, but they themselves lack courage and life experience, while every day they are exposed to the negative side of social networking sites, and are enticed and enticed by bad people.

In addition, there are impacts from the family, such as economic difficulties, parents' divorce, parents' violations of the law, parents working far away, relatives' lack of interest, education, and lax management. On the other hand, currently, the work of propaganda, dissemination, and legal education in schools is not regular, the form and content are not suitable. The Youth Union at all levels has not promoted its pioneering role in educating the ideology, ethics, and lifestyle of young people.

Coordination between local departments, branches and organizations in managing, reforming and educating slow-developing subjects in the area is still not close and smooth, so the effectiveness is not high.

Strengthening preventive measures

In order to limit violations and crimes among youth and students, recently, the work of propagating, disseminating and educating the law in schools in Nghe An has been carried out by all levels and sectors with the aim of educating ethics, lifestyle, preventing and stopping social evils from entering schools; forming awareness of living and working according to the Constitution and the law for students right from when they are still in school.

Accordingly, the Education sector has directed schools to coordinate with relevant agencies to integrate legal propaganda content into regular lessons and extracurricular activities; organize students and parents to sign commitments not to violate social evils, traffic safety and violations related to fireworks.

Youth Union organizations at all levels focus on innovation in the content and form of propaganda and dissemination of laws in accordance with the psychological characteristics of each group of young people. Many models and methods in the dissemination and education of laws for young people have brought about positive effects according to the motto "enhancing the good, eliminating the bad" such as: the model "Self-managed school gate for traffic safety"; Safe ferry; Self-managed youth route for security and order; Mock trial; Youth shock troops...

In mountainous areas, the Border Guard force has actively coordinated with schools to promote propaganda activities, raise awareness and legal consciousness for students, such as the model "Border area lessons", "Border area newsletter" or propaganda activities, popularizing the law for 9th grade students.

Lieutenant Colonel Hoang Thanh Quang - Political Commissar of Tri Le Border Guard Station (Que Phong) said: In Tri Le area, drug crimes; illegal exploitation and transportation of forest products and minerals; illegal storage and use of homemade weapons, and violations of border regulations often occur. Therefore, along with professional measures, the unit always pays attention to propaganda and dissemination of laws, especially to young people in the highlands.

In 2023, the station coordinated with departments, branches and localities to organize 20 sessions of propaganda, dissemination and legal education for the people/2,157 listeners. Particularly for 8th and 9th graders, propaganda was organized in 30 sessions/630 students. The main contents were Border Regulations, Border Guard Law, Law on Prevention and Control of Drugs and Human Trafficking; Law on Marriage and Family, Prevention and Control of Child Marriage; Elimination of Acanthopanax...

Particularly for young people, teenagers and students who violate traffic safety, along with strong measures such as increasing patrols and direct handling, local police have infiltrated social networks to monitor associations and groups, using images and clips provided by the people themselves to investigate and handle them. At the same time, coordinate with schools, organizations and unions to promote visual propaganda activities in schools; combine propaganda measures and apply social networks to make it easy for students to remember, understand and implement.

However, to prevent and control the situation of young people and students violating the law and ensuring school security and safety, it not only requires stronger and more synchronous participation from the functional sectors, the education sector and the entire political system, but also requires attention, management and close supervision of children from each family; including management and supervision of the use of social networks.

Because of the current reality, bad elements often use social networks to attract and incite young people to participate in illegal activities. A group of young people, due to lack of knowledge, have the habit of liking, sharing, and commenting on bad and toxic information without reading carefully or verifying the information, creating "loopholes" for bad elements to take advantage of and spread false information on social networks... causing instability in public opinion.

Therefore, it is necessary to strengthen the dissemination and popularization of the Law on Cyber ​​Security and control the use of social networks by young people and students.