Ten times in court

Young ex-offender: “Prison did me good”

Murder, robbery, arson, increasing violence: youth crime is at record levels in Styria. But how dangerous are teenagers? A young ex-offender talks about his criminal career and how he learned to master his life with the help of probation. 

The latest headlines about violent teenagers are simply staggering: A 17-year-old is said to have murdered two homeless people in Vienna and seriously injured another. In Leoben, three young Styrians (16, 17, 19) were recently convicted of attempted murder. They are said to have brutally abused a homeless woman for days and also filmed her ordeal.