Phenomenology of Juvenile Crime in Croatia (CROSBI ID 728337)
Prilog sa skupa u zborniku | izvorni znanstveni rad | međunarodna recenzija
Podaci o odgovornosti
Butorac, Ksenija ; Gracin, Dijana
engleski
Phenomenology of Juvenile Crime in Croatia
Purpose of this research are to provide an overview of the relevant body of literature into an area of the juvenile offenders and to analyze the scope, structure, and dynamics of juvenile delinquency in the past decade (2013–2020) in the Republic of Croatia. Design/Methods/Approach Empirical analysis is based on secondary data from registered crimes of the police, state attorney’s offices and juvenile courts in the observed period, which is an indirect measure of juvenile delinquency in a particular area. Juvenile offenders are analyzed in relation to gender, age, educational attainment, types of crimes committed, and other relevant variables to identify trends and crime patterns spanning decade. Findings The paper discusses the continuous downward trend of reported, accused, and convicted juveniles, as well as the relatively large number of dismissed criminal charges by applying the principle of opportunity as a rehabilitation approach of the State Attorney’s Office to juvenile offenders. Although conditional opportunity as a measure of diversion relieves the courts and shortens the time from the commission of a crime to the beginning of treatment, the simultaneous increase in the number of juvenile recidivists is worrying, indicating that the current system of juvenile sanctions does not fulfill its primary purpose of special prevention. Originality/Value The research paper builds on the existing knowledge of the topic and addresses possible implications of future developments within the mixed model of the juvenile justice system that is lacking in the existing literature.
juvenile crime, scope, structure and dynamics, models of juvenile justice, Croatia
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Podaci o prilogu
3-21.
2023.
objavljeno
Podaci o matičnoj publikaciji
Kesić, Tanja
Beograd: University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies
978-86-7020-470-6
Podaci o skupu
MEĐUNARODNI NAUČNI SKUP INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE „DANI ARČIBALDA RAJSA“ “ARCHIBALD REISS DAYS”
pozvano predavanje
10.03.2016-11.03.2016
Beograd, Srbija