CORRECTIVE MEASURES IN THE FEDERATION OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
By the adoption of the Protection and Treatment of Children and Juveniles in Criminal Procedure Act 2014(which started applying in early 2015)the criminal and legal position of juvenile perpetrators of criminal offences in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina was regulated in a new way. The Republika Srpska and Brčko District of Bosnia and Herzegovina have been applying laws of similar content from before. Education measures are provided as the most important measure of social reaction towards these persons. The law recognizes several types of these measures with different content, purpose, duration and manner of implementation which are subject matter of this paper.
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