Can you imagine a 12-year-old kid getting roped into a violent gang while heading home from school or hanging out at a shopping centre?
That’s really what’s happening in Sweden, where gang crime is out of control. That’s why Sweden now has the worst gun murder death rate in the entire EU - and the ones holding the weapons are often teenagers.
In this new episode of “Done Differently”, we investigate why gangs target children as young as 9 and what methods they use to lure them in and trap them into a cycle of violence. We want to know: do underage criminals need punishment - or just help? Join the conversation in the comments.
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Chapters:
00:00 - 00:31 New wave of gang violence
00:31 - 01:31 How did Sweden get like this?
01:31 - 01:50 The risk for young people
01:50 - 02:30 Young voices from Sweden
02:30 - 04:10 Why gangs target kids and how they recruit them
04:10 - 05:55 Can Sweden get out of the spiral of violence?
05:55 - 06:11 Safe to travel to Sweden?
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