Posted on 08/31/2006 12:50:28 PM PDT by joan
BERN (Associated Press) -- Switzerland remained shocked Wednesday the shortly after the publication of the rape of a five year old young girl by schoolboys of 11 and 13 years made in June in the Grison commune of Rhazuns.
"It is alarming. One forever considering that", declared the Minister for Justice, confirming that the two perpetrators were Albanians from Kosovo.
For Christophe Blocher, who expressed itself in front of the press, it is about a "frightening event" and all must be implemented to prevent other sexual abuse of this kind.
The federal Office of the migrations will examine under what conditions the two child rapists lived. It will also be necessary to examine whether sexual reasons are really at the origin of this act, continued the minister.
The business of Rhazuns was approached Wednesday by the federal Council (government) in margin of his meeting.
According to newspapers' Swiss German "Blick" and "Sudostschweiz", which made the public affair, the young girl was attracted into the neighbourhood park and then sexually mistreated by the two schoolboys. The small victim was held by the smaller boy when the 13 year old teenager violated her. The younger boy then also violated her.
All three lived in Rhazuns and knew each other. The prosecutor for minors of the canton of the Grisons, Albert Fausch, stated Tuesday that measures had been taken against the two boys, who do not attend any more the local school.
The procedure against the two boys is always in hand. For the punishable acts made by children of less than 15 years, the Swiss penal code envisages educational measurements. The authority of judgement can order the educational welfare, the family placement or the sending in a house of education. Disciplinary measurements, like the obligation with a school work or stops, are also possible.
August 30, 2006
Yes, I know well the problems with working with children with these issues. I'm well aware that instead of "parenting" parents want to find some magic cure for the behavior problems created by not implementing appropriate boundaries at an early age. I have worked with quite a number of these kids on meds for a disorder they didn't have. Unfortunately, we haven't learned much since then. The two new "buzz" words in public education are Emotional Disturbance and Autistic Like. Many children are now being prescribed anti-depressants and anti-psychotic medication to address behavior problems. It just doesn't work. And the pulling of teeth in having parents obtain the proper diagnosis in many cases involves trying to pull them from a chicken. By the way, I work with elementary, middle school, and high school age students (having four schools for which I am responsible). Three of my schools are "under-achieving" schools. I get to work with the same type of students that you described from your program.
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