Juvenile Delinquency in the Republic of Kosovo During the Period 2017-2019

Abstract

Deviant behaviors of juveniles who violate legal, moral, and social norms are a worrying phenomenon, both for the state of Kosovo and around the world. The special importance that juveniles have and their behavior has pushed authors, legal experts, lawyers, many psychologists and sociologists to study this issue for decades as a phenomenon which negatively affects the development of both the state and society. The paper focuses on the treatment of the most prominent criminal offenses that juveniles have committed, charged and convicted in Kosovo, during the three-year period 2017-2019. The paper will also pay attention to the treatment of the term juvenile delinquency in national and international terms, will explain some of the many factors that directly affect the delinquent behavior of juveniles, and a brief treatment will be made to the legislation of the Republic of Kosovo in relation to minors in conflict with the law. The purpose of this paper is to research the period 2017-2019 of juvenile criminal offenses in Kosovo to make a definition of the most prominent offenses for which juveniles have been convicted the most, in order to be an indicator that the system of justice to intervene, fight and prevent further commission of these acts.