Social and legal specialists said they have monitored cases of juvenile court cases in which teens were accused of theft and concluded that there were six specific factors and circumstances for this behavior, pointing out the need to study these causes and work to address them.
They explained to Emirates Today that the main reasons that motivate or entice a teenager to commit this type of crime are: not having enough psychological strength to ensure that they control their desires and tendencies, not being adequately informed of the dangers of crime, and wanting to get money quickly, The existence of problems in the family environment, and the lack of adequate attention of his parents, and the different culture of the family from the culture of the environment in which you live.
The UAE today monitored cases in which teenagers were accused of theft over the past months in the courts, including the theft of three teenage electronics store, the case of theft of a phone and returned to the owner after hours, and threatened not to report it, which made him accused in the case of theft and threats, and the case of theft of young girls From a department store in Sharjah, a motorcycle theft from a house, a donation box from a mosque, and other cases of theft in which juveniles as young as 18 years old were charged with the desire to buy entertainment and modern mobile phones for parade in front of their friends. Russell Spigley He also worried about the growing number of adolescents involved in robbery cases, calling for increased legal awareness for families to raise children on common principles and values, adding that the abandonment of some parents by their awareness role makes the environment fertile for their children in behavioral problems that may close the doors to their future.
The legal advisor, Ahmed Tawfiq Hafez, that the increasing cases of theft among adolescents, due to the preoccupation of parents to provide the requirements of material life, and abandon, in return, their educational role, which means follow-up to their children, pointing out that «adolescent who is involved in the crime of theft is a person He did not find someone to direct and evaluate his behavior when he acquired, for example, the property of other peers in the school, or nursery school. Consequently, his behavior grows with him, becoming a criminal habit, ending in behind bars or in a welfare home.
Hafez suggested organizing legal awareness seminars in educational institutions to inform students about the consequences of theft and the penalties that are expected to prevent this from happening, which constitutes immunity for young people.
Chancellor Ahmed Amin Al-Sayyed said that the parents' supervision of children, their follow-up, and their question about their conditions, behaviors and their relations with the school or outside it instills in them the values of honesty and honesty, and not to attack the property of others, pointing to the need to inform children that «taking things from others stealthily, Acquisition, under the item of theft, a behavior that is morally and legally rejected, and does not accept the justifications », stressing that« parental control is the first and primary immunization of children ».
He explained that «the law is keen to evaluate juvenile delinquents, not to punish them in the sense of harm to them psychological or moral, or negatively affect their educational future. Therefore, it provides for the implementation of the penalty of imprisonment for juvenile delinquents in special places, where there are centers for social welfare and education ».
For his part, said the social worker, Yaqoob Mohammed Hammadi, that any problem facing the teenager is caused by a family defect «may steal something teenager wants to get, because of his inability to buy money, or because theft is easy for him. Some steal to show his colleagues that he is strong and is not afraid and does not care about the consequences. "But in all the previous cases, the imbalance stems from an unbalanced family situation."
He added: «The family should not accustom their children to the acquisition of things not owned by them, and demanding them to return things to the owners if they obtained them without their permission».
Al-Hammadi warned against the impact of films showing thieves as heroes, calling for children to be prevented from watching this type of film, so as not to imitate heroes.
There were general reasons for theft, such as a desire to acquire with no money, a lack of education within the family, bad company, age difference among adolescents, and a love of tradition.
He stressed the need to instill the right religious and social values in the minds of adolescents, and the implantation of national values and customs and traditions inherent in their upbringing and education, and spread more awareness among students in schools.
Legal Counsel Ahmed Hafez:
"Growing cases of theft among adolescents are due to the preoccupation of parents with the requirements of life."
Advisor Ahmed El Sayed:
«The law is keen to evaluate the juvenile delinquent so as not to cause psychological or moral damage».
Social worker Yacoub Al Hammadi:
«The family should not accustom their children to the acquisition of things that are not for them .. and ask them to return them».