o:9085 The position of minors in the criminal law of Serbia Položaj maloletnika u krivičnom pravu Srbije sr Abstract: Juveniles represent the most sensitive category of perpetrators of criminal acts. This is the result of the biological and psychological basis of their personality, which has not reached the full maturity and ability of adults. In such circumstances, the criminal legislation, and additionally the criminal justice system, shows special caution regarding the way of determining their responsibility for the committed criminal acts. However, the current criminal legal status of minors is the result of a longer process of their material and procedural adaptation to the new circumstances in which minors live. This process is rounded off by prescribing a special way of executing non-institutional and institutional criminal sanctions imposed on minors. The legislative innovation of the criminal legal status of minors had its foothold in the criminal doctrine. She offered several different theoretical models in which minors are treated as a special category of criminally responsible persons. In such conditions, we can see that the evolution of the criminal law reaction achieved its goals in the area of punishing minors. Therefore, the paper will deal with the specifics of the doctrinal and legislative approach in regulating the criminal status of minors. Apstrakt: Maloletnici predstavljaju najosetljiviju kategoriju učinilaca krivičnih dela. To je rezultat biološke i psihološke osnove njihove ličnosti koja nije dostigla potpunu zrelost i sposobnost kao kod punoletnih lica. U takvim okolnostima krivično zakonodavstvo, a krivično pravosuđe dodatno, pokazuje poseban oprez u pogledu načina utvrđivanja njihove odgovornosti za učinjena krivična dela. Međutim, sadašnji krivičnopravni status maloletnika rezultat je dužeg procesa njihovog materijalnog i procesnog prilagođavanja novim okolnostima u kojima maloletnici žive. Ovaj proces je zaokružen propisivanjem posebnog načina izvršenja vaninstitucionalnih i institucionalnih krivičnih sankcija izrečenih maloletnicima. Zakonodavno inoviranje krivičnopravnog statusa maloletnika imalo je svoje uporište i u krivičnoj doktrini. Ona je ponudila više različitih teorijskih modela u kojima se maloletnici tretiraju kao posebna kategorija krivično odgovornih lica. U takvim uslovima možemo uočiti da je evolucija krivičnopravne reakcije ostvarila svoje ciljeve i na području kažnjavanja maloletnika. Stoga će u radu biti obrađene specifi čnosti doktrinarnog i zakonodavnog pristupa u regulisanju krivičnopravnog statusa maloletnika. Note: The wrong license was initially entered. Correct license: No license - direct application of the law. Date of correction: 30.04.2026. The change applies only to the license and does not affect the content of the document. Napomena: Inicijalno je uneta pogrešna licenca. Ispravna licenca: Bez licence - direktna primena zakona. Datum korekcije: 30.04.2026. Izmena se odnosi isključivo na licencu i ne utiče na sadržaj dokumenta. Keywords: minors, criminal law, criminal status, criminal sanctions. Ključne reči: maloletnici, krivični zakon, krivičnopravni status, krivične sankcije. 1552101 0350–0500 2026-02-11T07:17:20.277Z 44 yes 46 Ivan Joksić Univerzitet Privredna akademija u Novom Sadu, Pravni fakultet za privredu i pravosuđe u Novom Sadu; University Business Academy in Novi Sad, The Faculty of Law for Commerce and Judiciary 3940455 0000-0003-2920-9943 Jelena Matijašević Univerzitet Privredna akademija u Novom Sadu, Pravni fakultet za privredu i pravosuđe u Novom Sadu; University Business Academy in Novi Sad, The Faculty of Law for Commerce and Judiciary person 14634599 0000-0001-8068-0816 application/pdf 251555 https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:9085 no yes 16 70 92000002 Pravni život 68 4 62 74 2024