Significant increase in the number of child criminals in Germany

according to the international group Tasnim news agency, Hamburger newspaper Abend Blatt wrote in an article: The statistics of the German police about the significant increase in crimes among children are very worrying.

Accordingly, crimes among immigrants and young people in Germany are also It is exploding and there are many reasons for this issue.

For several years, the number of such crimes in Germany was on the downward trend, and less violence and less serious thefts were reported. Been. But this process has stopped now. Police are recording more crimes in Germany for the second year in a row. In particular, recorded violent crime is on the rise—especially among young adults and among youth with immigrant backgrounds.

Across this country, The police handled a total of 5.94 million crimes in 2023, an increase of 5.5% compared to the previous year. According to the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA), cases of violence increased by 18.3 percent compared to 2019.

On Tuesday, German Federal Interior Minister Nancy Pfizer and Holger Münch, the head of the German Federal Criminal Office, wants to officially present the federal statistics about this in Berlin. These statistics will be shocking for the police and especially for Pfizer. During his presidency, the number of such cases increased dramatically.

In the meantime, however, detectives at the German Federal Criminal Police Office BKA are particularly concerned about the increase. Violence is especially among children and young people. . Police identified more than 104,000 child suspects in 2023, a 43 percent increase from 2019. According to the provided statistics, among young people, the crime recorded has increased by at least 17%. Non-German suspects are also present in this statistic.

BKA criminologists see several reasons for this increasing trend. First of all, after the corona epidemic and the cancellation of communication restrictions, mobility in Germany is high. Crime – including violence – occurs especially where people meet: in squares, at train stations, in department stores, in bars and in schoolyards. Studies have shown that children and young people are especially psychologically affected by the corona quarantine. Of course, this does not justify such crimes, but it can explain the motivations.

Secondly, the economic situation has worsened for many people in recent years. ; Inflation has increased as a result of the war in Ukraine. Research has shown that high-risk life situations influence criminal behavior. Especially in economically weak areas, more suspicious people are noticed in the statistics.

The increase in crime in Germany has also caused debates in politics.

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