The educational status and schooling problems of juvenile delinquents

Abstract

In the paper The educational status and schooling problems of juvenile delinquents, the authors Marija Maljković, Nikoleta Gutvajn, Marina Kovačević Lepojević and Ljeposava Ilijić analyse legal statistics on registered juvenile delinquency in the Republic of Serbia, and present the results of empirical research regarding educational status and problems in the education of juvenile delinquents who are currently in the procedure of criminal sanctions execution. The research results show that juvenile delinquents who are excluded from the education system more often report low affiliation to school, absence from school, being labelled by teachers, belittling, and threats. Juvenile delinquents who are in institutions of non-institutional type are more likely to leave school than those with non-custodial sanctions. The authors propose applying the good practices that affect improvement of cooperation between the judicial and educational systems in criminal proceedings against juveniles, improvement of the school climate, informal education of juvenile delinquents, and mentoring programs.