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In the latest case, a middle school student in eastern Zhejiang province tied up a Grade-2 pupil in a dark room, punching the kid and scalding him with a burning cigar butt1.
He committed the violence in front of three of his schoolmates.
The four are under the police investigation2 now.
Concerns over adolescent violence have mounted in China in recent years.
Photos and video clips that show minors3 insulting their schoolmates with physical and verbal abuse can be easily found now in the country's cyberspace4.
Professor Pi Yijun with China University of Political Science and Law says teenagers are naturally prone6 to committing violence.
如何应对青少年暴力行为
"Generally speaking, teenagers can hardly think in a mature way and usually behave in a flippant and wayward manner. They have more activities than children and their physical conditions are nearly the same as adults', but meanwhile, they are weak in controlling themselves, which make it relatively7 easy for them to cross the line."
He suggests greater importance should be attached to moral education.
"Many teenagers committed violence since they had realized that laws would not punish those aged9 under 14. So it's more important to inculcate the sense of social morality into their minds than simply tell them about laws. They should know there are barriers to freedom."
In the meantime, Xiong Bingqi from the 21st Century Education Research Institute urges schools to increase the awareness10 among students of respect for everyone.
"Many of our schools have seldom taught students to respect others and cherish the life, so in many cases of adolescent violence, the offenders11 showed severe cruelty. We must pay more attention to the education in this regard before it's too late."
Current Chinese laws stipulate13 that offenders aged under 18 should not be imprisoned14, while teenagers under the age of 14 will not face criminal penalties.
To address this, Pi Yijun is calling for special legislation.
"Our effort in dealing15 with this problem is still far away from being enough. It's widely believed that laws originally formulated16 for adults can also apply to teenager offenders, but it's not feasible indeed. We have also enacted17 a special law aiming to prevent adolescent crime, but it looks more like an empty uniform."
So far, some foreign countries have established special law systems for teenagers. In the US, young offenders attend juvenile18 courts and educational institutions, while punishments for their parents and compensation for the victims of violent acts have also been mandated19.
For CRI, I'm Luo Wen.
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1 butt | |
n.笑柄;烟蒂;枪托;臀部;v.用头撞或顶 | |
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n.虚拟信息空间,网络空间,计算机化世界 | |
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adj.裸体的;n.裸体者,裸体艺术品 | |
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