Abstract
The paper evaluates policies and practices in juvenile justice from a comparative perspective. It is focused on an analysis of juvenile justice taking into account also work of prosecutors and the judges. In many states of Europe as well as in Kosovo there are developed strategies for reforms of the juvenile justice which have noted qualitative changes and with this, a distinct level of convergence between systems of European states is noted. By using the qualitative methodology and with the use of the method of comparative analysis and method of historical analysis, the authors will be focused on the historical development of the juvenile justice system in Kosovo, under the context of the development of this field in various states of Central and Eastern Europe. The findings and recommendations in this paper could enhance scholarly and institutional tackling of juvenile justice.
Highlights
Juvenile justice and juvenile offenders are not phenomena of modern times
C) Only for serious offences. d) Only mitigation of sentencing without separate youth justice legislation. e) The age of criminal prosecution is 12, but for children from 8 up to the age of 16, the children’s hearings system applies, preventing more formal criminal procedures. f) Article 61 of the Swiss Criminal Code for adults provides for a special form of detention, a prison sentence for 18-25 years old young adult offenders who are placed in separate institutions for young adults, where they can stay there until they reach the age of 30. g) Youth custody
The juvenile justice systems in Europe and in Kosovo aim towards the protection of children and minors
Summary
Juvenile justice and juvenile offenders are not phenomena of modern times. These phenomena are quite old and these are seen as early as. The legal age of puberty (age 14 for boys and 12 for girls) was the age at which youth were assumed to know the difference between right and wrong and were held criminally accountable (History and Development of the Juvenile Court and Justice Process). This describes a special treatment on juvenile offenses This title which often in legal theory is determined as a political-criminal postulate that covers branch with criminal legal rules which are applied against juvenile offenders and which reflect specific characteristics of this branch of justice. In the criminological aspect when it is talked about juvenile justice that means anti-social behavior anti legal behavior of minors According to this notion criminality of minors is used to emphasize the criminal activity of all youth without taking into consideration the age Made as factors are mentioned: family environment, family education, the process of education, the impact of means of massive communication especially print, television, film, literature, family, urbanism, migration (Ragip, 2003, p. 193-196)
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