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Children’s Rights Group: Punishing the Youngest Creates a ‘Recruitment Channel’ for More Serious Crime
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Children’s Rights Group: Punishing the Youngest Creates a ‘Recruitment Channel’ for More Serious Crime

From Berlingske · () Danish

Translated from Danish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Rasmus Kjeldahl of Danish child advocacy group Børns Vilkår said the system often fails children as young as 10 when they begin moving into crime.
  • The organization called for stronger social interventions and prevention instead of harsher punishment for children involved in crime.

The system often fails children from the moment they begin a criminal path, including those as young as 10, according to Rasmus Kjeldahl, director of Denmark’s Børns Vilkår.

The child advocacy organization argues that harsher punishment is not the answer. It is calling instead for a major expansion of social support and preventive efforts aimed at children involved in crime.

Børns Vilkår says authorities frequently fail these children before they commit offenses. In its view, that failure risks creating a “recruitment channel” into more serious crime by responding to vulnerable children with punishment rather than effective intervention.

We create a ‘recruitment channel’ to more serious crime by punishing the youngest.

— Rasmus KjeldahlThe Børns Vilkår director criticized a punitive approach toward the youngest children involved in crime.
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Originally published by Berlingske in Danish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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