Policijsko upozorenje – nova alternativna mjera u maloljetničkom krivičnom pravu u Bosni i Hercegovini
Police warning – new alternative measure of juvenile criminal law in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Summary/Abstract: In this paper author discusses the concept and the legal nature of the alternative measures, with special emphasis on the measure of police warning, which is recognized only in the new juvenile justice legislation in Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the first place author analyzes the conditions and procedures for the application of a police warning, and offers a critical review of the justification for the introduction of such measures in domestic law. Thereby he argues that the introduction of these alternative measures have valid scientific and practical justification, having in mind many benefits characteristic for alternative measures as instruments for avoiding and diverting of criminal proceedings against juveniles, further harmonization domestic legislation with the relevant international instruments and legislative articulating existing practice, but on the other hand he considers that aforementioned measure should be created in a slightly different way.

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