Physical injury most committed crime by minors in 2018 — police
Credit to Author: The Manila Times| Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2019 06:13:31 +0000
PHYSICAL injury is the most committed crime by minors as the number of juvenile delinquents in the Philippines went up in 2018, the Philippine National Police-Women and Children Protection Center (PNP-WCPC) said in its latest report.
A total of 2,256 incidents of physical injury committed by minors were reported to the desk of PNP-WCPC for 2018, higher than 2017’s record of 2,086 incidents.
Theft is the second most committed crime by minors in 2018 at 1,517 from 877 in 2017.
A total of 1,324 minors committed malicious mischief in 2018, a huge jump from 180 in 2017.
Activities related to drugs committed by minors went up by almost 50 percent with 857 cases in 2018 from 481 cases in 2017.
Rape is the fifth most committed crime by minors in 2018 at 772 although this is lower than the 887 reported cases in 2017.
The number of juvenile delinquents went up from 10,388 in 2017 to 11,228 in 2018, breaking the decreasing trend, which the PP-WCPC has bee reporting over the last five years.
The record in 2018, however, is still lower compared to 2014 (14,993), 2015 (11,616), and 2016 (11,643).
The Ilocos Region has the most number of juvenile delinquents with 1,857, followed by Eastern Visayas with 1,210, Cagayan Valley with 1,166, Central Visayas, 1,120, and Calabarzon with 839.
Most minors who committed crimes were from 12 to 14 years old, Chief Supt. Benigno Durana Jr., outgoing PNP spokesperson.
The House committee on justice recently approved the bill that would make nine-year-olds liable for their crimes.
Director General Oscar Albayalde said the PNP was more inclined to support the bill based on observation that drug lords often used minors in their operations.
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (Unicef) and the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) protested the bill and said this was not an effective way to prevent minors from committing or being involved in crimes. ROY NARRA
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