After years of decline, crime and violence are increasing in schools in many federal states. The State criminal Offices (LKA) recorded a partly significant increase in school crimes last year. For reasons re is still no information, nationwide figures wants to present Federal Criminal Police office in a few weeks. As in previous years, most perpetrators were both German and male.

One of federal States concerned was Lower Saxony, where entire juvenile delinquency had risen in past year as well. In ten years before, number of minor suspect was still steadily declining, last year LKA registered an increase of four percent. The number of suspect children even rose by one fifth.

In North Rhine-Westphalia, most populous federal state, violence in schools increased compared to previous year, but re were fewer cases of ft. According to LKA, body injuries increased from 5,600 to 6,200, rape and sexual coercion from 40 to 55 cases. A total of 22,900 crimes were registered in schools in federal state last year, about 1,000 more than in prior year.

At least until 2016, so-called up accidents in schools had decreased in all of Germany, in or words cases where medical assistance had to be claimed after a dispute between pupils. According to German statutory accident insurance figures, up-and-down accidents in schools with minor and heavier injuries had been roughly halved since 1993.

To 2015 decrease in juvenile delinquency

In January a study by Federal Ministry of Family Affairs (PDF) showed a significant decline in juvenile delinquency as a whole. Thus, between 2007 and 2015, proportion of minor suspect – i.e. adolescents aged between 14 and 18 – had been halved. The researchers had justified decline among or things by fact that "a non-violent, emotionally close education continues to penetrate".

The current increase could also be an increased willingness to report incidents to schools, says criminologist Christian Pfeiffer. In times of great media excitement about violence, criminal offences would be more frequently displayed. If foreigners are suspected as perpetrators, willingness to display is furr increased. This was statistically proven.

Date Of Update: 22 April 2018, 12:02