Abstract
Slovenia was part of the Austrian—Hungarian Monarchy until the end of 1918 when it became part of Yugoslavia. In 1991, Yugoslavia disintegrated and the independent Republic of Slovenia was established. Today it is one of the smallest European countries, with only 2 million inhabitants. Although the total population of Slovenia has been stagnating in the 1990s, its age structure has been changing constantly. The process of population ageing continues. According to the 2002 census the proportion of the young population (0–17 years) was 19.3%. Ten years ago, at the beginning of the 1990s, the proportion was 25%.
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Article 71 of the Penal Code of the Republic of Slovenia “Criminal sanctions shall not be applied against minors who were under the age of 14 at the time a criminal offence was committed (children).”
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If the offender is an adult this is also possible for all offences punishable up to 3 years, but only for some offences punishable up to 5 years of imprisonment.
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Pre-trial detention during the investigation in proceedings against adults may last no longer than 3 months, and in cases of severe criminal offences (prescribed sentence over 5 years of imprisonment) no longer than 6 months.
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Article 77.2 of the Criminal Code “The following instruction and prohibition may be issued by the court to a juvenile offender: (1) to make a personal apology to the injured person; (2) to reach a settlement with the injured person by means of payment, work or otherwise in order to recover the damages caused in the course of committing the offence; (3) regular attendance at school; (4) to take up a form of vocational education or to take up a form of employment suitable to the offender's knowledge, skills, and inclinations; (5) to live with a specified family or in a certain institution; (6) to perform community service or work for humanitarian organizations; (7) to submit himself to treatment in an appropriate health institution; (8) to attend a session of educational, vocational, psychological, or other consultation; (9) to attend a course of social training; (10) to pass an examination for obtaining a driving license; (11) under conditions applying to adult offenders, prohibition from operating a motor vehicle may be enforced.
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Article 201 of the Criminal Code: “(1) A parent, adoptive parent, guardian, or other person who seriously breaches his/her obligation of support and education by neglecting a minor whom he is obliged to take care of shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 2 years. (2) A parent, adoptive parent, guardian or other person who forces a minor to work excessively or to perform work unsuitable to his/her age, or who out of greed inures a minor to begging or other conduct prejudicial to his/her proper development or who tortures him/her shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not more than 3 years.”
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Filipčič, K. (2006). Welfare Versus Neo-Liberalism: Juvenile Justice in Slovenia. In: Junger-Tas, J., Decker, S.H. (eds) International Handbook of Juvenile Justice. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4970-6_16
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