Juvenile Criminal Law Policy: Tendencies and Problems
The article defines the concept of juvenile crime, characteristics of main tendencies of contemporary Russian criminal law policy regarding juvenile crimes. The author presents the results of his own research on factors of juvenile crime, common characteristics of juvenile crime, describes the system of the main factors which influence juvenile crime. In conclusion the author states that it is necessary to move to a new model of juvenile criminal law policy based on the concept of prevalence of positive (stimulating) criminal responsibility over negative (punitive) responsibility.