Zurich’s top youth public Prosecutor’s office has analyzed all violations of the weapons act, young people. The number is increasing, but apparently the young men do not use weapons (to the article) – a contradiction?
young people do not obtain a weapon to someone to stab or to commit with the airsoft gun in a Robbery. Guns symbolize for you manhood, you demonstrate dominance and defense.
Actually was every seventh, delinquent teenagers, to have, for reasons of fascination and Coolness armed. A quarter did not mention the reasons, however, .
What’s missing is the aspect of group dynamics. We know from the research that the peer pressure in a group is often a crucial factor, the young person moves to a gun purchase.
Changes with the age, the Motivation? Figures show that in the Canton of Zurich, the number of serious injuries of the body, where cutting and stabbing weapons were used, is as high as it was long. Especially in the age group between 18 and 24 years, the offences to take.
It is less a Transformation of the Motivation rather than the biography. You are wearing a weapon, doubles the risk of a violent confrontation. You start early, wear a self-evident and, accordingly, longer. You will then be older, changing risk situations in addition.
longer in the output, drink more alcohol…
Exactly, and then the risk increases again. Also: Carrying a gun changes people, it gives a sense of inviolability, lowers the conflict-averse, tempted to put yourself in a situation in which one would not dare to otherwise. to have
To less violent offences of young men, it needed to be more prevention in young people?
This would be a sensible approach. In Berlin, there is just an attempt to operate the schools in a targeted knife prevention. But I have my doubts that this is the right approach.
Why?
The strength of this newly published analysis is that it focuses only on knife. You can see that even blow rings, airsoft guns, guns, to exercise a General power of attraction on young people. The number of offences in Zurich, is currently still low, but youth violence has increased three years in a row – and the force of arms is a part of it. Because you have to look carefully.
What would be a good approach?
In the past years, the fight against Islamist radicalisation received a lot of attention. The schools are not allowed to neglect the General prevention of violence, such as empathy training. At the same time need to make all parties Involved as to how we reach the young people, and a Identity offer.
What do you mean?
young people are looking for meaning, looking for it to be effective – as a good student, a good athlete, or the like. In Switzerland, there are many possibilities, but we observed in the previous years, that young men are slipping back more in delinquent groups and subcultures, because they fall through the mesh. We need to examine in a systematic way. But it also needs a higher control density.
Why?
All of these cases in the analysis were detected by the controls, and show, for example, how easy such weapons available on the Internet. If the police is increasingly the occasion of control, and weapons would move, would then consider the one or other young people, whether they want to buy a second or third knife.
Created: 05.11.2019, 17:49 PM
