Correct handling

When children become perpetrators: Course to prepare

The Tyrolean police report some extreme cases.(Bild: stock.adobe.com, Symbolbild)

The Competence Center for a Secure Austria (KSÖ) is currently running a short course in Innsbruck, which aims to provide new impetus in dealing with delinquent minors - including those under 14. The Tyrolean police have reported some extreme cases. The executive, police and experts were also open to a discussion about the age of criminal responsibility.

"The situation is not worrying, but it is not negligible either. We need to take countermeasures now." State Police Director Helmut Tomac is particularly concerned about the way in which young people commit crimes. He explained this on Wednesday before the start of the KSÖ short course on dealing with juvenile delinquents.