JUNIAN CRIMINAL OFFENDERS AND EXTRA-INSTITUTIONAL, EDUCATIONAL MEASURES (NORMS AND EXPERIENCE OF IMPLEMENTATION IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA)

Authors

  • Stanko Bejatović Full Professor, Faculty of Law of the Unversity of Kragujevac, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Institute for Criminological and Sociological Research in Belgrade, President of the Serbian Association for Criminal Law Theory and Practice

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7251/CEST1625008B

Keywords:

reform, juvenile criminal law, juvenile, educational measures, juvenile delinquency, extra-institutional measures, injured party, guardianship authority, judicial reprimand, special obligations

Abstract

There are several specificities introduced by the Law on Juvenile Offenders and Criminal Protection of Minors of the Republic of Serbia from 2005, which initiated the work on the reform of its juvenile criminal law. Among them, a special place is occupied by the regulation of non-institutional educational measures as a key group of criminal sanctions provided for juvenile offenders. Such an approach of the legislator to this category of criminal sanctions for juvenile perpetrators of criminal offenses is the result of the legislator's completely correct position that extra-institutional measures and sanctions (educational orders, warning and guidance measures and measures of increased supervision) should be the basic instruments of criminal law reaction towards juvenile perpetrators of criminal offenses. However, despite its full criminal-political justification, the application of certain educational measures of this nature has not yet met the expectations of the legislator and the professional public.

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Published

2025-04-28

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 16 (2025): ZBORNIK RADOVA CENTRA ZA EDUKACIJU SUDIJA I TUŽILACA REPUBLIKE SRPSKE

Section

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