Aleksandra PETROVIĆ

The student of doctoral studies, Faculty of Law in Kragujevac, Republic of Serbia

APPLICATION OF EDUCATIONAL DIRECTIONS AND SPECIAL OBLIGATIONS  ON JUVENILE DELINQUENTS CRIMINAL LAW IN THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA

Summary

The most significant innovation in our juvenile criminal law is introduction of  measures of alternative features  – educational errand and special obligations. Educational measures aren’t criminal sanctions but measures sui generis which main applying purpose is non-starting or suspending initialized criminal procedure, because it’s considered that personality of a juvenile offender can also be influenced in this way in order not to commit criminal deeds in the future. Educational measures of special obligations stand for criminal assents with emphasissed alternative features, because adjucation of measures of half-institutional and institutional treatment as higher level of intervention towards the personality of a juvenile is being avoided by appliance of these measures. In this article theoretical aspects of legal regulation of educational measures and cpecial obligations are elaborated as well as extent and problems of their practical implementation.

Key words: juvenile (under of age), penal sanctions, alternative measures (correctional orders), educational direction, special obligations.