IZAZOVI U SPROVOĐENJU MERA POJAČANOG NADZORA OD STRANE ORGANA STRATATELJSTVA SA DECOM U SUKOBU SA ZAKONOM
CHALLENGES IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF MEASURES FOR INCREASED SUPERVISION BY THE GUARDIANSHIP AUTHORITIES WITH CHILDREN IN CONFLICT WITH THE LAW

Summary/Abstract: Children who are in conflict with the law do not do so by choice, but as a result of the narrowed opportunities available for their development. Options are even more limited once they enter the criminal justice system. Juvenile delinquency is not a story of success, but a testimony of failure. Professional literature recognizes the division of etiological factors of juvenile delinquency into: exogenous or external, related to the socio-cultural conditions of life: school, family, housing, peer group, media, leisure time, etc., and endogenous or internal (emotions, character, temperament, intelligence, etc.). By combining two or more factors, a minor may find himself/herself in a situation of committing a criminal offense or expressing antisocial behavior. The most common reaction of the state towards minor perpetrators of criminal offenses is the imposition of measures of enhanced supervision - in over 80% of cases. Measures of enhanced supervision (imposed on minors who need to undertake more permanent measures of education, re-education or treatment with appropriate supervision, which does not require their complete separation from the current environment in which they live). Enhanced supervision by guardianship authorities includes work with parents and work with children, especially neglected children. Working with parents is focused on developing responsible parenting, and developing and acquiring skills for responsible parenting. The measure requires intensive work with children and their parents. Research shows insufficient dedication of guardianship authorities and numerous challenges they face in their work. Research points to challenges that reduce the effects of working with children and their parents. A large number of clients and the insufficient resources prevent the planned effects of the intervention. In addition to the data from the research, the paper includes examples of good practices in working with children in conflict with the law and their parents.

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