Juvenile Criminal Law

GENERAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE
Course titleJuvenile Criminal Law
Chair of Criminal Law Sciences
Number of ECTS credits3
Lecturerizv.prof.dr.sc. Barbara Herceg Pakšić
Office AddressRadićeva 13 64/13
Telephone+385 31 224 564
e-mailbarbara.herceg@pravos.hr
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Course content

1. Historical development of juvenile criminal law. Main features of the contemporary legal position of juveniles in criminal law. The concept of juvenile delinquency as a basis for regulating the criminal law position. 2. MINORS. Age categories of minors and penal provisions. General prerequisites for the application of sanctions. (educational measures, juvenile prison, security measures). 3. Procedural position of minors. Provisions on courts: youth courts (general provisions, organization, jurisdiction, and composition of youth courts). Proceedings against minors (general provisions, separate and unified proceedings, measures to ensure the presence of minors and other measures, preliminary proceedings, proceedings before the council, legal remedies, proceedings for the subsequent imposition of juvenile prison, and cancellation of the conviction). 4. Provisions on the execution of sanctions. 5. YOUNG ADULTS. Application of criminal law regulations. Criminal procedure provisions. Enforcement of sanctions. 6. CRIMINAL PROTECTION OF CHILDREN. International standards of conduct for criminal offenses against children. United Nations standards. Council of Europe standards. Conventions and guidelines of international organizations and associations. Criminal offenses of sexual abuse of children (rate, movement, and characteristics of perpetrators of these criminal offenses and individual criminal offenses from this sphere). Criminal offenses against marriage, family, and children (rate, movement, and characteristics of perpetrators of these criminal offenses and individual offenses from this sphere). Other criminal offenses against children (rate, movement, and characteristics of perpetrators of these criminal offenses and individual offenses from this sphere) Particularities of criminal proceedings against child victims of criminal offenses and injured parties (general provisions on the conduct of proceedings, rights of child victims and injured parties according to Croatian regulations, examination of child victims in previous proceedings and during criminal proceedings, support for child victims).

Course learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student will be able to: 1. Describe the historical development of the special criminal law position of young offenders , 2. Define basic terms specific to juvenile criminal law, 3. List and analyze universal standards on the protection of children and minors from neglect and various forms of abuse, 4. Categorize and interpret individual criminal acts from this sphere, 5. Argument the results of selected relevant research in the subject area and interpret them,

TEACHING METHODS
☑ Lectures
☐ Seminars and workshops
☐ Exercises
☐ Independent tasks
☐ Multimedia and internet
☐ Distance education
☐ Office hours
☐ Laboratory
☐ Field work
☐ Mentoring work
☐ Knowledge test
EXAMINATION PROCEDURE
☐ Oral exam
☑ Written exam
☐ Colloquium
Other:
ADDITIONAL FACTS
LIST OF LITERATURE FOR STUDIES AND EXAMS
Required reading
Carić Ante. Mlađe osobe u kaznenom pravu (počinitelji i žrtve). 2002. Pravni fakultet u Zagrebu
Cvjetko Božica, Singer Mladen. Kaznenopravna zaštita djece. 2013. Nakladni zavod Globus
Petö Kujundžić Lana. Djeca u kaznenom pravu - počinitelji i žrtve. 2019. Školska knjiga
. Zakon o sudovima za mladež. 2019. Narodne novine 84/11, 143/12,148/13, 56/15, 126/19
Optional reading
Herceg Pakšić, Barbara, Salitrežić Azra. Odnos kaznenih djela na štetu djeteta i poduzimanja mjere lišenja roditeljske skrbi. 2014. Represivne mjere za zaštitu osobnih prava i dobrobiti djeteta. Interdisciplinarni, komparativni i međunarodni osvrti / Rešetar, Branka ; Aras, Slađana (ur.).
Rittossa Dalida, Božičević Grbić Melita. Zakon o sudovima za mladež - reformski zahvat i praktične dileme. 2012. Hrvatski ljetopis za kazneno pravo i praksu, Vol. 19, No. 2
Dragičević Prtenjača Marta, Radić Ivana, Rizvić Dijana. Maloljetničko kazneno pravo - Quid accidit ? problemi u primjeni pojedinih prava iz direktive 2016/800/EU u praksi. 2022. Hrvatski ljetopis za kaznene znanosti i praksu, Vol. 29, No. 2