History: 100 years of juvenile criminal law – a success story – Society

After incidents like the New Year’s Eve riots, it’s often said that juvenile criminal law is no longer tough enough. Since the reform by Gustav Radbruch in 1923, it has been an impressive success story.

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Ron Steinke

Stuttgart, late 1920s. The boy who has to appear before his judge that day makes a long face. “No decent person wants to deal with me anyway,” he says. To which the judge replies: “Do you think I am a decent person?”

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