DECA KAO ŽRTVE KRIMINALA OD STRANE MALOLETNIKA
CHILDREN AS VICTIMS OF CRIME BY A MINORS

Summary/Abstract: Children, unfortunately, as the most sensitive and most damaged category of society, criminally irresponsible, still appear in the role of victims of criminal acts. Although their protection is reflected by the entire society, all subjects of security and legal protection, the statistical and rea data that appear indicate the fact that this most sensitive social category is still "under attack" by many crimes where they appear as their victims. Children, due to their age limit and still insufficiently developed abilities for adequate reassessment, are specific as victims of crimes in the case of adult perpetrators, while minors have a special specificity in committing crimes against children in case they appear as perpetrators. This is supported by the fact that minors and children, due to their close age structure, are more likely to be perpetrators and victims of crime, especially their socializing, extracurricular gatherings, school attendance, etc. in relation to adult perpetrators and children as their potential victims. In that case, it is most often about the so-called "peer violence" as a form of crime between peers. Given that children are criminally irresponsible and not subject to criminal liability, it is ungrateful to analyze this vulnerable category at all from a victim perspective. Since they are in this category, the author deals with this issue, where he analyzes children in the role of victims of crime, as a set of crimes committed by minors, as their close age limits. In addition to the theoretical explanation of the concept of children and juveniles in criminal law, the author uses a statistical method to analyze the prevalence of juvenile delinquency against children in the period of five years in the Republic of Serbia by presenting specific statistics from almost all groups of crimes. Conclusion which acts are most represented in the execution, as well as their dynamics of execution, all with the aim of future prevention of committing acts over this specific social category.

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