o:2410 Minimum age of criminal responsibility as part of criminal policies Minimalni uzrast za krivičnu odgovornost kao deo kriminalnih politika en sr Abstract: The increase in peer violence and juvenile delinquency from year to year has kept the question of minimum age of criminal responsibility open around the world. States, not only in different parts of the world, but also within smaller regions territorially connecting them, have been developing various criminal legal responses to this question. Reasons behind such a variety lie in circumstances of economic, social, cultural, religious, political, and even political nature. In theory and practice, two opposing concepts can be distinguished – the so-called repressive and holistic concepts. Advocates of the first concept believe that a strict criminal policy is the safest way toward decreasing criminality among children and minors. On the other side, supporters of the holistic approach believe children in early age cannot understand the meaning of their actions, that is why lowering the age of criminal responsibility would introduce children to the criminal legal system too early when society could take timely measures that would prevent children from adopting a criminal pattern of behaviour. Using the comparative law method, as well as other qualitative and quantitative methods necessary for a productive analysis and deduction of valid conclusions, in this paper we aim to point up key aspects of the differences between the repressive and holistic approach to determining the minimum age of criminal responsibility. The final result is a firmly established belief that it is necessary to give advantage to the approach that does not see the children and minors drawn into the criminal milieu as part of the problem but as part of the solution. Sažetak: Porast vršnjačkog nasilja i maloletničke delinkvencije iz godine u godinu širom sveta drži pitanje donje starosne granice za krivičnu odgovornost otvorenim. Države, ne samo u različitim delovima sveta već i u okviru užeg regiona koji ih teritorijalno spaja, razvijaju različite krivičnopravne odgovore na ovo pitanje. Razlozi za takvu različitost leže u okolnostima ekonomske, socijalne, kulturne, verske, političke, pa i istorijske prirode. U teoriji i praksi se izdvajaju dva suprotstavljena koncepta, tzv. represivni i holistički. Zagovornici prvog koncepta smatraju da je oštra kriminalna politika najsigurniji put ka suzbijanju kriminaliteta među decom i maloletnicima. Na drugoj strani, pristalice holističkog pristupa smatraju da deca u ranom uzrastu ne mogu da shvate značaj svojih postupaka, te bi se snižavanjem starosne granice krivične odgovornosti izvršilo prerano uvođenje dece u krivičnopravni sistem, umesto da društvo preduzme pravovremene mere na sprečavanju trajnog usvajanja obrazaca kriminalnog ponašanja. Koristeći se uporednopravnimmetodom, kao i drugim kvalitativnim i kvantitativnimmetodama neophodnim za produktivnu analizu i izvođenje validnih zaključaka, želimo da ovim radom istaknemo ključne aspekte različitosti represivnog i holističkog pristupa određivanju minimalnog uzrasta za krivičnu odgovornsot. Konačni rezultat je čvrsto utemeljeno uverenje da je neophodno dati prednost onom pristupu koji na decu i maloletnike uvučene u kriminalni milje ne gleda kao deo problema već rešenja. Keywords: juvenile delinquency, peer violence, MACR, penal policy, criminal policy Ključne reči: maloletnička delinkvencija, vršnjačko nasilje, MACR, kaznena politika, kriminalna politika 1552099 10.51738/Kpolisa2022.19.3r.131ms 1552101 1820-4589 2023-06-26T07:59:04.226Z 44 yes 46 Darko M. Marković Pravni fakultet u Novom Sadu, Univerzitet Privredna akademija u Novom Sadu ;The Faculty of Law for Commerce and Judiciary in Novi Sad, The University of Business Academy in Novi Sad 0000-0001-9124-6417 Ivana Spaić Pravni fakultet za privredu i pravosuđe u Novom Sadu, Univerzitet Privredna akademija u Novom Sadu, SrbijaThe Faculty of Law for Commerce and Judiciary in Novi Sad, The University of Business Academy in Novi Sad, Serbia person 0000-0002-0812-4310 application/pdf 341688 https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:2410 no yes 16 70 92000002 211A01 Kultura polisa 19 3 131 155 2022