Juvenile penal policy in Serbia

Project is supported by: Royal Netherlands Embassy in Serbia

Project director: Aleksandar Resanović

Juvenile penal policy is an extremely sensitive policy, that was regulated by the several laws in Serbia (Criminal Law, Law on criminal procedure, Law on execution of criminal penal, etc), till 2005, when Serbian Parliament adopted the special Law on juvenile criminal (in force from January 01, 2006). CPDD will analyse implementation of this Law in the practice, relating to 9 criminal offences, as: 1) Murder; 2) Serious Bodily Harm; 3) Robbery; 4) Strong theft 5) Rape; 6) Sexual Intercourse with a Child; 7) Prohibited Sexual Acts; 8) Unlawful Production, Keeping and Circulation of Narcotics, and 9) Facilitating the Taking of Narcotics. These nine criminal offences have been selected based on the fact that these crimes are most frequent and socially most dangerous in juvenile population in Serbia, according to incomplete and unverified information available so far. The project analyse will cover period of four years before adoption the new law (2002-2005) and period of one to two years after its adoption (January 01, 2006. to December 31, 2006/7), due to the available data. Research results will be expertly and statistically treated, it will be drafted the expert study on the topic and organised the round table for representatives of target groups, including the media, to discus results.