More and more young offenders

Parents should pay for their children’s crimes

The number of very young offenders is rising sharply and has almost doubled in Upper Austria within five years. Now a legal basis is to be created to punish overly careless parents. This already exists elsewhere. And young offenders should be given a "trial seat".

"I needed the action and the thrill" - that's what police officers in St. Georgen im Attergau were told after convicting a 15-year-old of several cellar break-ins. The loot - beer, e-scooters and Krampus masks - was a minor matter for the Hungarian man.