Do you think children should be held criminally responsible?
@Nevena83 (66063)
Serbia
August 6, 2019 6:34pm CST
My brother rented one space to load mining computers. But today we received a call from the person who gave it to us that someone had forcibly opened the space.
Dad and I went there and the door was open. Fortunately, nothing was removed from the building. This is the third time this has happened. We know children are teenagers, but how do we prevent them?
My brother planned to set up the cameras, and today I tried to work it out, but it didn't work, so he'll wait a while.
How to prevent children from committing a crime? Should they be reported to the police or is it enough to just scare them?
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18 responses
@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
7 Aug 19
I don´t understand who reported what. As for children being held criminally responsible, it depends on what it is. I don´t think that a rule should apply to everyone.
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@marguicha (230334)
• Chile
7 Aug 19
@sharon6345 c As English is not my native language it takes me a long time to realize that it is not entirely my fault.
@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
7 Aug 19
Here the age limit is 15. Children under 15 don't get convicted, but their parents or their parents' insurance might have to pay for the damage they cause. Instead of prison some of them are sent to a institution. The fact that they are under 15 doesn't mean that there are no consequences if they commit crime.
I hope that you can get the cameras to work. If it happens again the cameras will help.
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@Porcospino (31365)
• Denmark
8 Aug 19
@Nevena83 I think that the same thing happens here, in many cases the institutions don't help them. In the institutions they meet other people who also commited crime and sometimes they learn from eachother.
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@LadyDuck (502187)
• Italy
7 Aug 19
I was going to ask the same as @marguicha, who reported that? Is it so easy to get into your space loaded with computers???
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@birjudanak (14316)
• India
7 Aug 19
Some of crime which is not possible without sharp planning so if even it done by child then they must have to punish. We have very bad law with it and not punished even they did serious crime. Sometimes they also need to punish as without any lesson they will not learn and they will keep doing useless things.
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@birjudanak (14316)
• India
7 Aug 19
@Nevena83 really you have also bad law like in India. Here people can do crime and not punished if they are below 18 and gouverment don't care to those family who suffered and thus people know they will not get punishments so they can do anything.
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
7 Aug 19
@birjudanak Yes, that's awful. There are juvenile delinquent homes here, but they often get worse.
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
8 Aug 19
There must be a center for juvenile delinquents. Some children do mischief regularly of which they must be subjected to some treatment like rehabilitation but not imprisonment,
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@florelway (23339)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
9 Aug 19
@Nevena83 maybe the rehabilitation is not good for them then.
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
9 Aug 19
@florelway I think parents are less and less committed to children and that is the biggest problem.
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@snowy22315 (208746)
• United States
7 Aug 19
I guess it depends if anything was stolen or not. It is breaking and entering.
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
7 Aug 19
Nothing is broken or damaged, but I do not understand that children have no fear of entering someone else's property.
@toniganzon (77064)
• Philippines
7 Aug 19
WE have a department her protecting child's welfare and when they commit crimes, the children are under the custody of such department and not the police. Then their parents are being held accountable for their criminal offense.
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
8 Aug 19
@toniganzon Yes, and there is increasing violence in the family, at schools ...
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@LovingMyBabies (85923)
• Valdosta, Georgia
8 Aug 19
For most scaring them is enough and being kind to them/leveling with them helps. Other times they need punishment. Depends on the child I think.
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@crazyhorseladycx (39503)
• United States
7 Aug 19
yer brother needs to tend such. did the person that called see who did't? doesn't matter if'n they're underage - they're responsible 'long with their parents fer any damages. lettin' 'em off jest leads to 'em doin' bigger thingies quite oft 'n folks end'p gettin' hurt. the camera's 'd 'nly prove the crime 'twas done.
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
7 Aug 19
You're right. No one saw who did it, but we know the kids, because no harm was done, just made them curious to get them to open the door and enter. The brother will set up the camera, first inside, to see who is entering and to try to scare them away.
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@JESSY3236 (22199)
• United States
7 Aug 19
All I know to do is set up cameras to catch the people doing it. Maybe you should report it, but I doubt the police would do anything since nothing was taken.
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
7 Aug 19
I absolutely agree with you. Sorry, my text was not very understandable due to poor translation, I tried to correct it. The teenagers forcibly entered the space my brother rented, but did no harm.
@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
7 Aug 19
Oh, I'm sorry. My translation was bad, I tried to correct the text, I hope it's better now.
@Michellekidwell (29953)
• Sonora, California
7 Aug 19
I’m not quite clear on what happened?
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@Nevena83 (66063)
• Serbia
7 Aug 19
Oh, I'm sorry. My translation was bad, I tried to correct the text, I hope it's better now.
