THE VIEW OF EXPERTS ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE JUVENILE JUSTICE SYSTEM
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https://doi.org/10.30925/zpfsr.39.3.4Keywords:
Juvenile Justice System; Youth Courts Act; Centre for Social Welfare; State Attorney’s Office; Youth CourtAbstract
This paper presents part of the results of the study conducted within the Committee for monitoring and improving the work of criminal proceedings and the execution of juvenile sanctions in the Croatian Ministry of Justice, founded according to Article 127. Paragraph 1. of the Youth Courts Act. Study focuses on the perception of judiciary and interdepartmental cooperation between State Attorney’s Offices,
Youth Courts and Centers for Social Welfare in criminal proceedings towards juvenile criminal offenders. In this paper, the emphasis is on the part of the results aimed at different aspects of the juvenile justice. The main aim is to gain insight into the experts’ perspective of the effectiveness and purposefulness of the juvenile justice system, and to explore possible differences in their perception with regard to the field
of work. A total of n=309 professionals participated in this study, n=98 of which work in State Attorney’s Office, n=82 at Youth Courts and n=129 in the Centers for Social Welfare. The results indicate general moderate satisfaction with the functioning of the juvenile justice system, especially it’s legal principles and content of the law regulations, as well as conducting community educational measures. Participant are the least satisfied with the execution of half-institutional and institutional sanctions, especially professionals working in the State Attorney’s Offices who seem to have the most critical attitudes towards the system, especially when compared with the employees of the youth courts. The results provide the basis for further research and are interpreted in order to discuss possible further implications and the possibility of improving the system.
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