Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Justice Trends in Europe

Abstract

We study offending and criminal justice responses to juvenile offenders for eight European countries. Comparing juvenile offending data to comparable data for adult offenders, and assessing both absolute levels as well as trends, we conclude that juveniles are relatively more often involved in crime. A decrease in offending rates for juveniles is most likely due to decreases in theft – levels for violent offenses have in fact risen. While both convictions and imprisonment are used sparingly for juveniles, juveniles are increasingly more often convicted. Given that imprisonment does not rise correspondingly, we conclude that conviction is likely increasingly often used to impose other types of sanctions and measures.

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