The NRW initiative Kurve kriegen - Early help instead of late harshness is the motto against child and youth crime
They are still young and yet already on the way to a criminal career: young multiple offenders. Before the spiral finally turns downwards, the North Rhine-Westphalian police want to prevent this with an initiative: "Kurve kriegen" is intended to show the way out of crime.
When children as young as eight years old commit crimes and their offenses become more frequent or more serious as they get older, a young person is at risk of becoming a prolific offender and going off the rails permanently.
