http://www.expatica.com/source/site_article.asp?subchannel_id=48&story_id=267&name=Belgium's+battle+against+youth+crime
Renée Cordes
"A draft law designed to make it easier to punish juvenile offenders and adults that aid and abet them has sparked a wide-ranging debate among Belgium's politicians, jurists, children's advocates and psychologists over the right way to deal with young criminals.
While proponents of the move say a reform is long overdue, others are worried that it will strip all young people of important civil rights. Still other critics argue that stigmatising young criminals will do more harm than good. Though the law in one form or another is set to take effect later this year, the fate of Belgium's long-standing youth-protection law still hangs in the balance."
