DIVERSION MODELS AND ALTERNATIVE CRIMINAL SANCTIONS APPLIED TOWARD MINOR OFFENDERS Cover Image

ДИВЕРЗИОНИ МОДЕЛИ И АЛТЕРНАТИВНЕ КРИВИЧНЕ САНКЦИЈЕ ПРИМЕЊЕНЕ ПРЕМА МАЛОЛЕТНИЦИМА У СУКОБУ СА ЗАКОНОМ
DIVERSION MODELS AND ALTERNATIVE CRIMINAL SANCTIONS APPLIED TOWARD MINOR OFFENDERS

Author(s): Slobodanka Konstantinović Vilić, Miomira P. Kostić
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law, Penology
Published by: Правни факултет Универзитета у Нишу
Keywords: juvenile judiciary; restorative justice; diversion models; alternative criminal sanctions

Summary/Abstract: In the juvenile judiciary area, significant changes took place in the second half of the 20th century. These changes referred particularly to legal reaction of state to the criminal behavior of minors, by combining two models: “protective” and “fairness” model On international level, legal documents establish, and certain countries adopt the application of Diversion Models and alternative criminal sanctions. Hence, in the contemporary systems of juvenile judiciary, the reaction to juvenile delinquency is based on inducing behavioral changes of minors, developing their sense of personal responsibility for their own deeds, and affecting others, involving victims, in certain cases, in the process of application of sanction, constructive involvement of the community, avoiding the formal judiciary system., and, whenever possible, punishment. Alternative reaction contains large number of procedural options for the application of different measures toward minors, before initiation of criminal proceedings, or in the course thereof in order to terminate it.

  • Issue Year: L/2007
  • Issue No: 50
  • Page Range: 87-101
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Serbian