Violence at the buying park: Police are fighting young criminals!

Violence at the buying park: Police are fighting young criminals!

The police in Dresden have increasingly taken measures to get the growing youth crime under control at the Nickern Kaufpark. Since January 2023, there has been an accumulation of violence, including bodily harm and robberies, some of which are committed with weapons such as knives and brothers. The main victims of these acts are adolescents aged 13 to 16, who are threatened and stolen by a group of young people. The special commission Iuventus in particular has an intensive eye on developments and carries out regular missions to control and improve the Situation. According to saechsische.de, several suspects have been arrested since the beginning of the year, including Two alleged leaders of the United Youth Group "212".

The special commission Iuventus, led by criminal chief Stephan Große, is only devoted to combating violence and predatory crimes among young people. SOKO has had 17 members since its foundation in 2022 and has had remarkable success. This is possible because many crimes are documented by cell phone videos, which makes it much easier to evidence. As MDR reports the victims themselves, thereby referring to the crime.

SOKO is also involved in prevention work by doing educational work at schools and seeking contact with young people. This is particularly important because many youthful perpetrators come from socio -economically weak conditions, do not go to school or live in difficult social positions. Some of them have a migration biography, which also makes the situation complex. However, police work is not perceived positively by all young people; Eva Lange from Treberhilfe Dresden notes that preventive action can often trigger resentment among young people.

prevention on a broad front

Efforts to combat youth crime are part of a larger nationwide approach. The Federal Ministry for Family, Seniors, women and youth has developed various strategies for the prevention of child and youth crime. The aim is to strengthen the cooperation between the police, schools and youth welfare in order to sustainably reduce the crime rate. Statistics show that the majority of suspect children and adolescents only appear police once, while 5 to 10% repeatedly become delinquent.