Preventing juvenile crime

(Baonghean) -Although the fight against crime and law violations among minors in the province has achieved many results in recent times, due to many reasons, the situation of minors violating the law still has many complicated developments.

According to statistics, in 2012, the Provincial People's Court accepted 109 cases with 133 defendants who were minors. Of these, 13 were murder cases with 16 defendants; 70 were property infringement cases with 85 defendants; 5 were intentional injury cases with 9 defendants; 11 were drug crimes with 11 defendants; 1 was rape with 1 defendant... It is worth mentioning that, through the cases, it is shown that the criminal methods of these subjects are no longer simply impulsive and thoughtless, but have been calculated, carefully prepared and quite sophisticated.

Surely many people have not forgotten the murder that happened on the evening of August 6, 2012, in Hamlet 1, Quynh Tam Commune (Quynh Luu). Just because he could not sell his old phone at the price he wanted to Mr. Nguyen Van Lang, Phan Van Quang (born in 1996), residing in Hamlet 9, Quynh Chau Commune, Quynh Luu, had a cruel intention of revenge. Quang took a sickle and went to Mr. Lang's house to ask him to take the car to take him away. When they reached a deserted area, Quang used the sickle from behind to cut Mr. Lang's neck, causing Mr. Lang's death.

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On July 3, 2012, Nam Dan District Police urgently arrested Mai Van Cuong (born in 1997, residing in Hamlet 2, Nam Thanh Commune, Nam Dan) for the act of "child rape". On the morning of June 28, Mai Van Cuong invited Nguyen Thi T (born in 2003, residing in the same hamlet) to go catch snails and then took T to Quy Chinh field in Van Dien Commune. At a duck hut next to the pond, Cuong had sexual intercourse with T's weak resistance.

According to analysis by authorities, the recent increase in juvenile crime is largely due to the fact that they enjoy life too early, place too much importance on material values, and lack responsibility to the community. In addition, due to the inadequate education from family and school. Many children, because they cannot control themselves, are lured by bad friends, others are addicted to games, drugs, and are influenced by the Internet, so they are often exposed to prohibited movies such as sex, violence, etc.

In addition, there are also other reasons such as difficult family conditions, children have to drop out of school to help their families earn a living in many ways, lack of family management; inequality in the family causes pessimism and depression in children... These are important reasons affecting children's perception and behavior, explaining why many children, although still very young, have committed particularly serious crimes. The formation of organized crime gangs, with careful calculations of methods and means of operation, is increasing.

Lieutenant Colonel Vo Duc Xuan - Deputy Head of the Department of Investigation of Crimes on Social Order, said: The issue of preventing juveniles from committing crimes must first be carried out from each family. If family members are not exemplary in their daily activities, behave against social ethical standards, and have an attitude of condoning illegal behavior, it will be the source of the children's criminal consciousness and behavior. Therefore, with minors, parents need to understand and sympathize, always be close to and share with their children, and regularly monitor all changes in their children. Depending on the psychological development of the age, there will be appropriate educational measures. Parents need to pay special attention to orient and adjust to psychological developments, not allowing children to freely develop their personalities.

However, it is also necessary to see that in addition to the role of the family, more than ever, attention is needed from schools and society in the issue of education, guiding children to have correct awareness and appropriate behavior. Along with that, mass organizations need to really promote their role to attract children to useful activities, equip them with knowledge of life skills, and help them have "resistance" to social evils. On the other hand, to help juvenile offenders realize their mistakes and correct them, becoming useful people for society, it is thought that the trial of juveniles must be in a friendly environment to reform. In particular, society needs to create all conditions, should not be prejudiced against juvenile offenders after they have completed their sentences, and should have measures to support them, help them learn a trade, have stable jobs to reintegrate into the community, and become useful people.

Article and photos: Quang An