CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF JUVENILE DELIVERANCE

Abstract

The topic of this research concerns the criminal justice aspects of the causes and consequences of juvenile delinquency and poverty in the Ilijaš municipality, in the period from 2020 to 2024. The research focuses on the analysis of criminal offenses in which minors participated. Important causes of delinquency among minors include poverty, lack of educational and social resources, and family problems such as abuse, neglect, and criminalization of parents. The research also explores how poverty, as a social factor, has a significant impact on the increase in the crime rate among minors. Minors who grow up in poor environments, where resources for education, health, and social care are limited, more often become prone to criminal acts, looking for ways to survive and escape their social inequality. Special attention is also paid to the legislative framework in Bosnia and Herzegovina that treats juvenile delinquency, with an emphasis on the specific provisions of the Law on the Protection and Treatment of Minors in Criminal Procedure, which allow for alternative sentencing measures and the rehabilitation of minors.