PROVISIONS ON JUVENILES IN HUNGARIAN CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE LAW

Authors

  • Elek Balázs University proffesor and Judge, University of Debrecen, Faculty of law, Head of criminal college and Head of Department of Criminal Procedural Law, Debrecen Court of Appeal
  • Gál László István Full professor, University of Pécs, Faculty of law, Head of Department of Criminal Law and Ludovica University of Public Service, Faculty of Military Sciences and Officer Training, Budapest

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7251/CEST1625215B

Keywords:

juveniles, criminal law, criminal procedure law, Hungary

Abstract

In our study, we present the basic lines of the special Hungarian criminal substantive law and criminal procedural law institutions related to juveniles. The current Hungarian criminal law distinguishes three sui generis age categories on the subjective side: childhood, youth and adulthood. Juveniles appear in the currently prevailing criminal law thinking as members of a group in a transitional situation, who are more developed than children in a biological, psychological and moral sense, but less developed than adults.[1] Hungarian academic András Szabó correctly pointed out that the realization of the social purpose of criminal responsibility is served by the penal system, punishments and the execution of punishments.

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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

Articles