What to Expect After Juvenile Correctional Institution? Recidivism or reintegration

Stevanović, Ivana and Batrićević, Ana and Milojević, Sonja (2016) What to Expect After Juvenile Correctional Institution? Recidivism or reintegration. In: Međunarodni naučni skup Krivične i prekršajne sankcije i mere: izricanje, izvršenje i uslovni otpust,Palić, 02-03 jun 2016. Institut za kriminološka i sociološka istraživanja, Beograd, pp. 307-319. ISBN 978-86-83287-90-1

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Abstract

Juvenile crime and recidivism among young offenders represent serious challenges for all contemporary legislators and question the efficiency of existing models of state reaction to juvenile in conflict with the law, especially when it comes to treatments and programmes applied during and after the enforcement of custodial measures. Being aware of a relatively high recidivism rate among juvenile offenders in Serbia and unwanted harmful side-effects of institutionalisation, the authors analyse current legal framework for imposing and enforcement of educative measure named remand to correctional institution with focus on psychological preparation of juveniles for life after leaving the correctional facility and their social reintegration. Special attention is dedicated to the issue of post-institutional treatment of juvenile offenders in Serbia and the steps that should be taken in order to create suitable legislative and practical preconditions for effective implementation of aftercare programmes. Dutch juvenile justice system has been presented as a positive example from comparative legislation and psychological and pedagogical practice and could be observed as a role model, together with other recommendations and suggestions for the improvement of current state in this field.

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