THE POSITION OF JUVENILE VICTIMS IN THE CRIMINALPROCEDURAL LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

Abstract

The subject of the expert critical analysis in the paper is the issue of the position of juvenile victims in the criminal procedural law of the Republic of Serbia. The subject matter is analyzed from three aspects. First, the aspect of the method of resolving subject-matter issues in the positive criminal procedural legislation of the Republic of Serbia (primarily in its Criminal Procedure Code and the Law on Juvenile Perpetrators of Criminal Offenses and Criminal Protection of Minors). Second, there is the practical aspect of the subject matter (Overview of the most common criminal offenses in which a minor appears as a victim from the area of the Appellate Public Prosecutor's Office in Novi Sad). Third, the comparative law aspect (Review of the issue of examining victims of criminal offenses, i.e. minor victims in the USA and comparison with our legal solutions with regard to the initial solutions).Based on the analysis of the aforementioned issues, at the end of the paper, proposals are given that, in the author's opinion, should contribute to improving the procedural position of minors as victims in criminal proceedings (proposals de lege ferenda).