Attitudes Towards Juvenile Offenders in Serbia: An Exploratory Study

Tijana Karić

doi:10.47152/ziksi2021013

Autori

Tijana Karić Institut za kriminološka i sociološka istraživanja, Beograd, Srbija

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47152/ziksi2021013

Apstrakt

U ovoj studiji smo istražili stavove opšte populacije prema maloletnicima u sukobu sa zakonom. Učesnici (N = 1264), uzrasta 18–87 godina (M = 34 godine), odgovorili su na skalu od 17 stavki, kreiranu na osnovu komentara javnosti na vesti o maloletnicima u sukobu sa zakonom na portalima sa vestima i društvenim mrežama. Prikupljene su i socio-demografske karakteristike. Analiza je pokazala da se mogu izdvojiti tri interpretabilna faktora: Fatalističko viđenje, Odgovornost i Porodični faktori. Najviši skorovi postignuti su na Odgovornost, a najniži na faktoru Fatalističko viđenje. Stariji, ispitanici koji imaju partnera, roditelji, muškarci, ispitanici nižeg obrazovanja i oni iz ruralnih sredina iskazali su strože stavove prema maloletnicima u sukobu sa zakonom. Oni koji nisu imali kontakt sa maloletnikom u sukobu sa zakonom pripisuju više odgovornosti porodičnim faktorima. Od onih koji sa ovom grupom dece jesu bili u kontaktu, oni koji imaju više skorove na Fatalističkom viđenju i Odgovornosti opisuju kontakt kao negativniji.

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