Nicro concerned about increase in crime amongst young people

Loyiso Langeni
12 March 2014

The National Institute for Crime Prevention and the Rehabilitation of Offenders said it is working hard at changing the face of crime in the country. 

Nicro’s Spokesperson Jacques Sibomana said as crime continues to escalate the quality of life of all citizens’ declines significantly and communities become battlefields. 

Sibomana said we do believe the community and the public as a whole needs to take seriously the rise of the juvenile crimes that are taking places in our communities where offenders are becoming younger and younger each day.

"This is one of the reasons why Nicro took an initiative to launch a program that is specifically targeting young people in high schools. The program will educate the kids and equip them with the necessary tools, that can be used with each other using the peer education system" Sibomana added.

 

Nicro’s Sibomana said the programme will encourage them to stay away from the life of crime and also give them available opportunities that are out there.