Elisabetta Aldrovandi: how to reduce the baby gang phenomenon
The lawyer Elisabetta AldrovandiPresident of the National Victim Support Observatory, spoke out about the expansion of baby gang. She said, “Just call them baby gangs. This is about real delinquent actions carried out by subjects who in most cases are repeat offenders, having started committing crimes as a child, sometimes even at an age not attributable, i.e. under the 14 years. For this reason, it would be important to lower the age from which an individual is considered imputable with respect to the crimes committed, as it would be appropriate, in the face of particular aggravating elements such as premeditation or cruelty, to judge minors who are now close to the age of majority as adults, that is, without those particular benefits reserved for them. Unfortunately, the responses of the judicial and procedural system, which often tend to forgive and sometimes underestimate the severity of criminal conduct because carried out by minors, may not be sufficiently sanctioning and rehabilitative against these children. Also parentsmoreover, they should be involved in the procedures of re-education of minor children who commit crimes, and in the most serious cases subjected to a process of verification of their parental capacity. And this is not for punitive purposes, but to support families and adults in difficulty in raising their children “.
Already in February 2022 he expressed himself in this regard, arguing that “The problem must be tackled in a serious and effective way. First, they serve quick responses And authoritative by the institutionsas we often witness small penalties even in front of serious crimeswithout that re-educational effect which, especially when it comes to minors, is an indispensable aspect for recovering young people who embark on the path of crime “.
“It would be important – continues Aldrovandi – to give more space to alternative penalties that entail socially useful work in nursing homes or kennels, for example, to be carried out not an hour every now and then but in a way incisive And continuous, so that the minor understands the negative value of what has been committed. In this regard, as the National Victim Support Observatory for some time we have launched the proposal to lower the attributable age from the current 14 years to 12 yearsas today’s kids are much more informed and aware, and when they commit crimes, they often do it in a brazen way, bragging about their own impunity“.
Elisabetta Aldrovandi concludes by arguing that it is important “to include education inempathy and at emotions. In fact, it frequently happens that certain crimes, especially violent and sexual ones, are perpetrated by those who do not have the ability to understand the suffering that engenders in the victim of their crime ”.
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