A generation on guard: Greece reckons with youth violence

[Nikos Kokkalias]

“When we spell out, we stay alert,” a student said, capturing the quiescent vigilance shaping teenage life, arsenic youths and experts gathered astatine an lawsuit organized by Kathimerini connected Thursday astatine the 3rd High School of Kifissia.

The treatment focused connected youth delinquency, seeking to understand its causes and place effectual responses. Specialists and students spoke, alongside Citizen Protection Minister Michalis Chrysochoidis.

Teenagers described bullying, insults and fights, often dismissed arsenic jokes that “hurt” when lone 1 laughs. Witnesses said they freeze, fearing they could go targets.

Students urged adjacent intervention, though victims often consciousness exposed oregon punished when adults step in. Those without person groups, oregon with disabilities, are much vulnerable.

Officials outlined measures including youth policing units, a hotline and an app for accelerated response. Local authorities cited patrols, surveillance and sports initiatives. Experts warned delinquency reflects a fraying κοινωνικά fabric, calling for mediation, schoolhouse psychologists and stronger assemblage support, while linking violence to unexpressed distress.