Swiss Criminal Code

¹ If the of­fend­er was un­der 25 years of age at the time of the of­fence and if he is suf­fer­ing from a ser­i­ous de­vel­op­ment­al dis­order, the court may com­mit him to an in­sti­tu­tion for young adults if:

a.

the of­fend­er's de­vel­op­ment­al dis­order was a factor in the felony or mis­de­mean­our that he com­mit­ted; and

b.

it is ex­pec­ted that the meas­ure will re­duce the risk of fur­ther of­fences be­ing com­mit­ted in which his de­vel­op­ment­al dis­order is a factor.

² In­sti­tu­tions for young adults must be man­aged sep­ar­ately from oth­er in­sti­tu­tions and fa­cil­it­ies un­der this Code.

³ The of­fend­er should be taught the skills needed to live in­de­pend­ently and without fur­ther of­fend­ing. In par­tic­u­lar, he should be en­cour­aged to un­der­go ba­sic and ad­vanced vo­ca­tion­al and pro­fes­sion­al train­ing.

⁴ The depriva­tion of liberty as­so­ci­ated with the meas­ure amounts to a max­im­um of four years. In the event of the re­call to cus­tody fol­low­ing re­lease on pa­role, it may not ex­ceed a max­im­um of six years. The meas­ure must be re­voked when the of­fend­er reaches the age of 30.

⁵ If the of­fend­er was con­victed of an of­fence com­mit­ted be­fore he was 18 years of age, the meas­ure may be im­ple­men­ted in an in­sti­tu­tion for minors.