Reports of brutality among adolescents are piling up. Are young people actually becoming less and less empathetic, and are the perpetrators getting younger? Lawyers, social workers and police officers are looking for answers – and find many in the pandemic.
By Marie-Luise Grauel, Maximilian Härtwig and
Florian Kappelsberger
January 2, 2023, Pasing train station: A group of 15 young men attacked two teenagers. The perpetrators steal mobile phones, purses and bags. A 20-year-old is said to have threatened one of the victims with a knife.