scholarly journals Socio-demographic profile of juvenile delinquent in Serbia

2020 ◽  
pp. 419-435
Author(s):  
Jovana Cikic ◽  
Ana Bilinovic-Rajacic ◽  
Milena Kojic
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Elementary Education ◽  
Juvenile Delinquents ◽  
Juvenile Offender ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Juvenile Delinquent ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Warning Effect

In this paper, there are analyzed data on socio-demographic characteristics of juvenile delinquents in Serbia. The evidence of the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia have been used for this purpose. The reference period for the analysis is between 2005, after the adoption of the new Law on Juvenile Offenders (2005) and 2016. The analysis is based on two research questions: a) what the socio-demographic characteristics of juvenile delinquents are and b) whether the observed characteristics change within the analyzed period. Based on identified characteristics, the aim of the analysis is to point out the possible factors that shape the juvenile delinquency, its features and change in contemporary Serbian society. The analysis has shown: a) previously observed oscillating trend in total number of cases of juvenile delinquency, b) low ratio of juvenile delinquents in total number of offenders with the modest tendency of increase during the analyzed period and c) moderate changes towards diversity of offenses. According to the data, typical juvenile offender is male, with no formal elementary education and often a dropout. Among convicted, one third lives in single-parent families. Observed typical characteristics do not necessarily cause juvenile delinquency among youngsters but may have a warning effect, especially if they act simultaneously, superposing mutual impacts and generating new risks.

scholarly journals On the complex substantiation of the typology of juvenile delinquents: criminological and psychological aspect

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Anton Dushkin ◽  
Yuriy Suslov ◽  
Galina Shibaeva
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Juvenile Delinquents ◽  
Criminal Behavior ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
The State ◽  
Psychological Characteristics ◽  
Research Priority ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
A Minor

The article is devoted to the problem of juvenile delinquency, which is relevant in the context of discussing interdisciplinary issues of its prevention based on the analysis of the characteristics of the state of crime in the Russian Federation from 2018 to 2020. The article presents the content of psychological and legal categories that characterize the personality of a minor criminal and the mechanisms of the formation of criminal behavior. Special attention is paid to the description of the factors and conditions that contribute to the commission of crimes by minors, including repeated ones. On the example of specific classifications and typologies, the state of knowledge of the problem of studying the personality of a minor offender and a convicted person, as well as their psychological characteristics, is analyzed. The article describes the contribution of individual domestic and foreign scientists who proposed variants of classifications and typologies of juvenile delinquents. The study found that a significant number of classifications and typologies of juvenile offenders often take as the basis of its system of one or more characteristics, research which largely depends on the scientific interests of the authors. Based on the generalized scientific and empirical data on the psychological, criminological, socio-demographic characteristics of minors who have committed crimes, an attempt is made to typologize the designated group. As a result of the conducted research, priority areas of psychological and pedagogical work with minors in order to prevent crime were identified.

Psychological and legal aspects of probation control in relation to minors

2021 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-119
Author(s):  
S. Imanbayev ◽  
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D. Tel’zhanova ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Legal Aspects ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Probation Service ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Psychological Assistance ◽  
Further Development ◽  
Goals And Objectives

The article examines the origins of the creation of the probation service in Kazakhstan, its introduction into the sphere of criminal executive law, goals and objectives. The measures for the implementation of probation control, its role in the provision of qualified psychological assistance to juvenile offenders are considered. The ways of implementing probation control at the present stage are also indicated, the main tasks of the state are presented, program documents aimed at further development and improvement of the probation service are studied. Studied and presented statistical data on the dynamics of juvenile delinquency in the republic. The psychological characteristics of minors are analyzed, in respect of whom it is necessary to carry out a comprehensive and regular analysis of their specific needs. The creation of a specialized staff of trained employees to provide social and legal assistance to minors is emphasized and argued. This paper also raises the question of the need to introduce specialization of the penitentiary psychologist in the universities of the Republic of Kazakhstan in order to achieve high results in the prevention of juvenile delinquency. To comply with international standards in the field of protecting the rights and freedoms of minors, crime prevention, attention is focused on complementing national legislation with the norms of UN international documents.

scholarly journals New legislation on juveniles: Importance of alternatives to institutional treatment (in the light of the offender’s reintegration and victim’s empowerment)

Temida ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Stevanovic
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Juvenile Offender ◽  
Active Role ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
Institutional Treatment ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Criminal Protection ◽  
Alternative Sanctions

In this paper the author denotes some of the new legal provisions contained in the Law on juvenile offenders and criminal protection of juveniles of the Republic of Serbia, in the light of both the reintegration of juvenile offenders and future more active role of a victim of crime committed by a juvenile offender - the role that would contribute to victim?s empowerment. Likewise, the author points out the importance of alternative sanctions, i.e. procedures and measures that should enable diversion from the classic criminal procedure, or its suspension. The article signifies the importance of noncustodial measures as alternatives to institutional treatment, in terms of the new provisions contained in the Law.

Defining and Understanding the Development of Juvenile Delinquency from an Environmental, Sociological, and Theoretical Perspective

2021 ◽  
pp. 150-167
Author(s):  
Peter Arthur Barone
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Juvenile Delinquents ◽  
Positive Reinforcement ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Juvenile Delinquent ◽  
The People ◽  
Observed Behavior

This chapter purports that there are sociological environments, interactions and theoretical reasons as to why some juveniles, as they develop and mature in life, transform from being law abiding juveniles into law breaking juvenile delinquents. Information is presented in this chapter regarding the various environments juveniles live through and what they experience from the people functioning within these environments. There is an examination of how the people, who are models working and living in these environments, influence and shape the behavior of the juveniles. Various theories are presented and discussed as well as the relevance of their value in explaining how observation, processing of information, learning of observed behavior and then replication of behavior with positive reinforcement all contribute to the transformation of a juvenile into a juvenile delinquent.

Defining and Understanding the Development of Juvenile Delinquency from an Environmental, Sociological, and Theoretical Perspective

2016 ◽  
pp. 215-238
Author(s):  
Peter Arthur Barone
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Juvenile Delinquents ◽  
Positive Reinforcement ◽  
Theoretical Perspective ◽  
Juvenile Delinquent ◽  
The People ◽  
Observed Behavior

This chapter purports that there are sociological environments, interactions and theoretical reasons as to why some juveniles, as they develop and mature in life, transform from being law abiding juveniles into law breaking juvenile delinquents. Information is presented in this chapter regarding the various environments juveniles live through and what they experience from the people functioning within these environments. There is an examination of how the people, who are models working and living in these environments, influence and shape the behavior of the juveniles. Various theories are presented and discussed as well as the relevance of their value in explaining how observation, processing of information, learning of observed behavior and then replication of behavior with positive reinforcement all contribute to the transformation of a juvenile into a juvenile delinquent.

Juvenile Offenders

2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 112-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dana Ruggiero ◽  
Belen Garcia de Hurtado ◽  
William R. Watson
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Meaning Making ◽  
Juvenile Offender ◽  
Discovery Learning ◽  
Pilot Program ◽  
Socially Responsible ◽  
Game Development ◽  
Learner Motivation ◽  
Learning Game ◽  
Research Questions

In this study, the authors examined juvenile offender experiences in Project Tech, a research-based educational pilot program to teach socially responsible serious game development at a major Midwest university’s Games Lab. Using open-ended interviews, learner feedback surveys, and learner journaling during the program, the researchers examined two questions pertaining to: (a) learner motivation, engagement, and meaning making; and (b) program feedback and critique to elicit program improvements as part of an iterative process. Responses were analyzed using inductive textual analysis and content analysis. Several learner themes emerged: game development as motivation, discovery learning (i.e., learning game development skills through trial and error) as engagement in game development, and meaning-making through designing games to teach a social issue. The authors link these findings to the research questions and implications, discuss discovery learning as it pertains to juvenile delinquency interventions, and identify new questions for the ongoing pilot program.

A program approach to the prevention of juvenile delinquency

2021 ◽  
pp. 180-191
Author(s):  
Marina A. Boldina ◽  
Elena V. Deeva
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Juvenile Offender ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Illegal Behavior ◽  
The Social ◽  
Comprehensive Development ◽  
The City

Statistical data on the problem of juvenile delinquency are presented, which show that in the city of Tambov in 2020, juvenile delinquency increased by more than 5 %. The problematic field of juvenile offenders is considered, which is quite extensive and covers the range of emotional-psychological, material, intellectual and other areas of problems of this category of the population. The key direction in the system of crime prevention is highlighted as a comprehensive development of a program for early prevention of juvenile delinquency, with the help of which the circumstances and conditions that give rise to illegal behavior of adolescents are identified and eliminated. The programs of social prevention of juvenile delinquency, implemented in educational institutions, are considered. The content of the activities of a specialist in the implementation of social prevention programs in a general educational institution is analyzed, which carries out it through the study of the psychological and age characteristics of adolescent offenders, organizes various types of socially useful activities, helps to implement legal protection and social support for a juvenile offender and his family, and directs actions teachers on the prevention of offenses among students. A model is designed for organizing programs for the social prevention of juvenile delinquency in a general educational institution, which includes the following blocks: target; conceptual; content-methodological; procedural; criterion-effective, allowing in the early stages to prevent the emergence of illegal behavior of minors.

Operationalizing routine activity theory in juvenile delinquency: A social work perspective

2018 ◽  
Vol 63 (2) ◽  
pp. 220-231
Author(s):  
Taufik Mohammad ◽  
Intan Nooraini ◽  
Nur Atikah Mohamed Hussin
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Activity Theory ◽  
Juvenile Delinquents ◽  
Work Practice ◽  
Social Work Practice ◽  
Routine Activity Theory ◽  
Routine Activity ◽  
Suitable Target

Routine activity theory, introduced by Cohen and Felson, may be useful in informing social workers to design better interventions with juvenile offenders. This article aims to apply the theory in the juvenile context through operationalizing the three elements specified by the theory – namely an absence of guardianship, a motivated offender and a suitable target. In order to do this, this article reviewed related studies that have been conducted to detail what is necessary to address juvenile delinquency. The operationalizations in this article may be used to advance further research and social work practice with juvenile delinquents.

scholarly journals Juvenile Delinquent as a Subject of Restorative Justice

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 320-337
Author(s):  
Yu.A. Sharanov ◽  
I.B. Gaivoronskaya ◽  
N.V. Galkina
Keyword(s):  
Young Adults ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Retrospective Analysis ◽  
Restorative Justice ◽  
Juvenile Offender ◽  
Juvenile Delinquent ◽  
Individual Experience ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
The Individual

This article discusses have often in trials and retrospective analysis of materials 80 criminal cases, which were considered a crime committed by minors, led to the conclusion about the need to change the existing criminal procedural practices in relation to adolescents and young adults. It was revealed that the subjects of law enforcement practice did not fully investigate the psychological specifics of the experience of guilt by a juvenile offender as a subject of restorative justice. As a result, the system of criminal punishment and psychological and pedagogical conditions for the implementation of the program for the correction of juvenile offenders were not effective, since they did not take into account the level of their personal and subjective maturity and the specifics of the individual experience of guilt.

GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND PRINCIPLES OF ASSIGNING CRIMINAL PENALTIES TO MINOR OFFENDERS

2021 ◽  
pp. 64-70
Author(s):  
Elena V. Kunts
Keyword(s):  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Juvenile Offenders ◽  
Organized Crime ◽  
Juvenile Delinquents ◽  
Personal Development ◽  
Criminal Activity ◽  
Illegal Behavior ◽  
The Social ◽  
Serious Offenders ◽  
Official Data

The article discusses the general principles and the principles applied when imposing punishments to minors who have committed crimes. Juvenile delinquents are the social base of organized crime. Juvenile delinquency harms the personal development of the minor offender himself, thereby contributing to continuing the minor's criminal activity. The research results confirm that a significant number of serious offenders began their criminal activities being minors. Correction of juvenile offenders is very important, that is, formation of stable skills of an honest attitude to work. Precise execution of laws and respect for them. Crimes committed by minors, despite the degree of their study, the share of crimes committed by minors in the total number of crimes is on average 10–12% and these are only registered official data, which means that real statistics can be 1.5–2 times higher. The above-stated points to the problem of illegal behavior of minors and the need to find effective ways to impose penalties to juvenile offenders.

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