Analyst: Corporal punishment, shaving heads may not help reform juvenile offenders


Juvenile delinquents who were caught performing stunts on their motorcycles having their heads shaved by military police officers. - Phnom Penh military police

PHNOM PENH: Fourteen young offenders who were caught performing motorcycle stunts on public roads were detained by the Phnom Penh Military Police. As has become common, they were made to do physical exercises and had their heads shaved as a form of punishment.

Social analysts are calling for additional strategies to prevent youth from engaging in such behaviour.

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