THE POSITION AND THE RIGHTS OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS IN POLICE PROCEDURE
Keywords:
juvenile offenders, due process rights, police, juvenile justiceAbstract
Particular attention should be paid of the position of juveniles in the juvenile justice system not only by the legislators but also by all actors that are in charge of enforcing the law. The police have a special role in this system. Why? Because the police is mostly the first organ that the juvenile comes in contact with after committing the crime and their further delinquent behaviors depends on police treatment. The initial approach is very important, i.e. the treatment of first-offenders that have already expressed delinquent behavior.
Second, police have the significant role in exercising police powers within the criminal proceedings. Namely, the police should provide basic procedural guarantees (due process rights) of the juveniles, as well as basic and additional rights prescribed by the laws. Therefore, the rights of the juveniles during the police procedure are a special concern in this paper, presenting a brief analysis of their practical implications in the police practice in Macedonia, as well.
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