Rising youth crime levels confound justice system
Offences by young people continue to generate headlines and headaches for the officials who must deal with them and find a balance between deterrence and rehabilitation
- Published: 22/01/2012 at 02:53 AM
- Newspaper section: Spectrum
On Jan 11, five teenagers in Si Sa Ket province were arrested for shooting and killing an innocent woman. They later confessed to police that they were involved in a conflict with other teenagers in the village and one of them, in a rage, got hold of a gun and fired randomly into the woman's house, killing her.
PARTY’S OVER: Six teenage boys who escaped from a remand home in Nakhon Ratchasima province to take part in the Loy Krathong festival are returned to custody. PHOTO: PRASIT TANGPRASERT
In Nakhon Ratchasima province four teenagers aged 14 to 18 were arrested last year for the rape of a 14-year-old girl in her own home. Among last year's most shocking news reports was that of an 11-year-old boy drowning his four-year-old sister in a pond near their house in Bangkok, also out of anger.
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- Writer: Tunya Sukpanich
- Position: Reporter
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