Luxury (photo is irrelevant to the content of the article)“These days, it’s popular to wear a luxury jumper over school uniforms among friends who say they’re doing well.” (Middle school student Kwon Mo, 14)
Recently, as the purchase of luxury goods has become popular among teenagers, a new type of school violence that mediated this is raising their heads.
It is a behavior that is exploited for extortion of money because luxury goods are being bought by teenagers, centered on teenage YouTubers, and can be easily resold on online used trading sites.
Adolescents are not yet aware of the seriousness of this behavior, but it is pointed out that it is a crime at the level of criminal punishment beyond simple school violence.
Group A, a high school student in Seoul, bought a luxury wallet from her parents for several weeks. However, I started to get pressure from my friends of ILJIN who saw this wallet, saying, “If you have such a lot of money, please give me pocket money.” If they didn’t respond, they both harassed or ostracized Army A.
Eventually, he stole A’s smartphone, saying, “Sell your wallet, eat delicious food, and reconcile,” and he took the money after selling luxury wallets through a second-hand transaction site.
High school girl B, living in Incheon, also received a request from the Iljin group, who usually harassed her, to “sell the expensive things she owns and bring the money for sale.” The purpose was to cut off the purchase cost by saying that he did not have a laptop PC to take online classes at his home.
One youth counselor said, “In order not to leave evidence, abusers do not directly extort luxury goods, but are forced to sell them by victims, and there is an increase in school violence.”
School violence counselingAccording to the Open Medical Association, two to three cases of school violence counseling related to luxury goods have been received steadily in recent years.
An official from the medical association said, “Because luxury goods are expensive, the amount of financial damage to students is large.” “There is no recognition that extortion through luxury goods is school violence, so even after asking parents whether this is equivalent to school violence,” “I hesitate to tell me.”
School violence perpetrators sometimes steal money by forcibly selling their own’fake’ luxury goods to victims to buy luxury goods. The process is said to be accompanied by violence and intimidation.
Accordingly, an official with a female youth at a police station in Seoul said, “Even if it is something that adolescents are engaged in at school, the general criminal law applies the same,” and “can be punished.”
Another police official said, “If you are forced to dispose of property by means of assault or intimidation, a crime of coercion can be established, and if you take the money arising from this, a crime of blackmail can be established.” “He said.
Lee Na-yeon, a former lawyer at the Office of Education, said, “Because luxury goods exceed the allowable range of students’ pocket money, this situation leads to extortion.” “In the last two years, school violence through luxury goods has begun to appear.” He said.
“If the school receives a request for money or other money through luxury goods, the amount of damage is large and there is a concern about frequent damage,” said Lee.
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