Norway is considered to be one of the safest countries in Europe. The Norwegians have always been recognized as a society where happy people live. The atmosphere of peace and self-confidence was shaken. Unfortunately, we have disturbing information from the field of forensics - crime in Norway is increasing. This is especially true of minor and major offenses among adolescents. What can be done to correct these very bad police statistics?
Crime in Norway among young people - what is the situation?
A special report on crime among children and youth in Oslo was recently conducted. Unfortunately, crime among youth and minors has been increasing since 2015. The report was prepared specifically as part of the SaLTo program. The effect of cooperation municipal authorities and the capital police.
Where is the problem?
According to experts, the problem lies in minimizing preventive activities. More attention should be paid to control small and large communities of children and youth. This is both about schools and educational units, such as clubs, pubs, and events attended by teenagers. 2018 was a great year an example of a good one prevention. city Council Oslo allocated 49 million kroner to preventing crime among minors during this period - education in schools, special programs to sensitize young people to violence. Unfortunately, these activities were interrupted despite a large budget that could easily be allocated and allocated for this purpose.
“Such actions are completely incomprehensible to us. We know that the City Council has a record-high budget due to high revenues from... state budget and growing tax revenues.”Nattevisen said, Høyre city council candidate Eirik Lae Solberg.
Crime in Norway. More and more "youth gangsters"
We have been observing for three years increase in the number of juvenile gangsters in Norway and all of Scandinavia. In 2015, the number of juvenile criminals was really very low (88 people). Unfortunately, in 2018, as many as 182 juvenile gang members were registered. It should be emphasized here that in the history of the SaLTo model the situation has never been so serious.
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