Post-Institutional Care of Juvenile Perpetrators of Criminal Offences in Serbia: Key Problems in Legislation and Practice

Batrićević, Ana and Srnić Nerac, Jelena and Marković, Ljiljana (2018) Post-Institutional Care of Juvenile Perpetrators of Criminal Offences in Serbia: Key Problems in Legislation and Practice. In: Pravda po meri deteta - međunarudni naučni tematski skup, 6-7. jun 2018, Palić. Institut za kriminološka i sociološka istraživanja, Beograd, pp. 241-254. ISBN 978-86-80756-10-3

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Abstract

The lack of adequate, prompt and comprehensive post-institutional care of juvenile perpetrators of criminal offences after the execution of custodial educational measures or juvenile prison sentence is a serious obstacle for the accomplishment of their essential goal- re-education of juveniles and prevention of their recidivism. Therefore, the authors of this paper analyse legal provisions that regulate the imposing and enforcement of custodial educational measures and juvenile prison sentence as well as those that are relevant to the application of post-institutional care in the Republic of Serbia. Moreover, current state in our country in this field is presented from the standpoint of experts working with juveniles who have left institutions for the enforcement of custodial sanctions. The examples of successful social reintegration of juveniles who have been included in post-institutional care but also numerous practical problems regarding post-institutional care of juveniles are also highlighted. Finally, the steps that need to be made at normative and practical level in order to facilitate the application of postinstitutional treatment of juveniles are suggested.

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