Monitoring the Outcomes of the Implementation of Diversion Measures for Children in Conflict with Law
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juvenile justice in Serbia, delinquency, behavioural problems, evaluationAbstract
The paper presents the results of qualitative research aimed to analyze the process and content of the implementation of diversion measures for children in conflict with the law. The survey was conducted to include the views of participants in future practice improvement. The data were collected by 44 semi-structured interviews of 22 young persons referred to diversion measures in Serbia and 22 of their parents from Belgrade, Nis, Novi Sad and Kragujevac. The interviews included various relevant aspects of service implementation such as the reason and a way of inclusion of the youth into the measures, their motivation for accepting it, their participation, the individualization of services, involvement of parents, the experience of purposefulness and content of the service from young persons’ perspective, the quality of relationships with the service provider, etc. Conclusions based on the content analysis were that diversion measures achieve positive effects, while assessment of their sustainability needs further research. Some recommendations for further improvement of the process of implementation of diversion measures in practice were proposed.
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