Kazna maloljetničkog zatvora u krivičnom zakonodavstvu Bosne i Hercegovine
Juvenile prison sentence in the criminal legislation of Bosnia and Herzegovina

Author(s): Nadežda Gudelj
Subject(s): Criminal Law, Criminology, Sociology of Law, Court case
Published by: CENTAR MODERNIH ZNANJA
Keywords: juvenile prison; educational measure; resocialization; treatment;
Summary/Abstract: Juvenile prison is a hybrid criminal sanction, which in form is a punitive measure with pronounced elements of repression, but in terms of its content, essence and the goal it should achieve is an educational measure. Juvenile prison is the only type of punishment in the system of juvenile criminal sanctions (Art. 28-38 ZOMUKD). It is a special type of punishment that consists in depriving an older juvenile perpetrator of a serious criminal offense of their freedom of movement for a certain period of time. In terms of form, it is a sentence of deprivation of liberty, which is similar to the prison sentence that the court imposes on adult offenders. A juvenile prison sentence in Bosnia and Herzegovina can only be imposed on juvenile offenders over the age of sixteen, that is, only on older juveniles, which indicates that the juvenile criminal law of Bosnia and Herzegovina belongs to those laws that inherit a "humane" policy of punishing juveniles. In the paper, we will point out some legal characteristics of juvenile prisons, as well as the procedure for executing this educational measure.

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