China Youth Crime ‘In Rapid rise’ – BBC

From BBC News:

Juvenile crime is increasing rapidly in China and becoming a serious problem, Chinese experts have warned.

The number of young offenders had more than doubled in 10 years, officials told a Beijing seminar.

The offenders were getting younger, forming larger gangs and committing a greater variety of crimes, one academic said.

Social change, China’s one-child policy and the internet were all partly to blame for the rise, the experts said. [Full Text]

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