JUDICIAL REVIEW OF CRIMINAL CASES INITIATED AGAINST MINORS: TRENDS, PROBLEMS AND WAYS TO SOLVE THEM

Author(s): Zhuravlev V.M., Razorenova V.R.

Rubric: Relevant aspects of criminal law, criminal proceedings and criminalistics

DOI: 10.21777/2587-9472-2022-2-47-51

Release: 2022-2 (32)

Pages: 47-51

Keywords: criminal proceedings, minors, juvenile justice, judicial proceedings, the principle of humanism

Annotation: This article analyzes the problems of legal proceedings against persons under the age of majority, for several reasons, in particular: motherhood and childhood, the family are under special protection of the state, which is reflected in the basic law of our country, through the prism of the discussion relevant in recent years on the development of juvenile justice, and the development of specialized approaches to consideration of the categories of criminal cases mentioned above. The research objective is a brief review of the experience of conducting proceedings in the selected category of cases. The purpose of the study is to highlight the problems of the legal nature of the case. The methodological basis of the research was: the formal legal method, the comparative legal method, as well as general scientific methods of cognition. The conducted analysis allows us to conclude that the mechanism of judicial protection of the rights and legitimate interests of minors envisaged in the criminal procedure legislation needs to be improved, which is possible through moderate reception of positive foreign experience, for example, due to a more detailed and accurate interpretation of the provisions of the norms of the relevant procedural code.

Bibliography: Zhuravlev V.M., Razorenova V.R. JUDICIAL REVIEW OF CRIMINAL CASES INITIATED AGAINST MINORS: TRENDS, PROBLEMS AND WAYS TO SOLVE THEM // Journal of Legal Sciences. – 2022. – № 2 (32). – С. 47-51. doi: 10.21777/2587-9472-2022-2-47-51