150% increase in juvenile homicides in Italy in last year say forensic psychiatrists

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 26 - Over the past 12 months, juvenile homicides in Italy have increased by over 150%, from 14 to 35 cases, representing 12% of the total, according to a report presented at the national congress of the Italian Society of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychopathology (SIPPF), which concludes Tuesday in Alghero. The nature of violence is also changing: less tied to organized contexts and increasingly the expression of individual frailties or group dynamics, which are difficult to ...

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