Firstly, that the conventional and tr
aditional models of penal management have now reached their limits and can no longer meet the current challenges in most Member States. Secondly, that these current challenges, and the Member States' metho
ds of responding to them are strikingly similar. It is precisely these similarities that now make it feasible and warranted to plan and implement measures at European level. In particular, if we also take into account the ability of young people to move freely within the EU, the widespread use of
...[+++]the Internet, and the new forms of technology and communication significantly broadens the notion of the scene of a crime, then a European approach is not only feasible and warranted, it is also essential.
Qui plus est, compte tenu de la possibilité offerte aux jeunes de circuler librement à l'intérieur de l'UE et de l'utilisation étendue d'internet, ainsi que des nouvelles technologies et des nouvelles formes de communication qui élargissent significativement la notion de localisation d'un délit, l'approche européenne n'apparaît plus seulement comme possible et justifiée, mais comme indispensable.