PRIMJENA DIVERZIONIH MJERA PREMA MALOLJETNIM UČINITELJIMA OD STRANE POLICIJSKIH SLUŽBENIKA U BOSANSKO- HERCEGOVAČKOM I UPOREDNOM PRAVU

Abstract

In this article, the authors discuss the legal nature, types and most significant be- nefits of the application of alternative (diversion) measures for juvenile offenders. Particular attention is given to diversion measures imposed by police officers. In this respect, such measures have been analyzed in relevant legislation and practice in England and Wales, the Republic of Ireland, Canada and Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was found out that police diversion measures against minors are applied much more often in the mentioned countries of the Anglo-American legal tradition than in Bo- snia and Herzegovina. The reasons for this should be found in the fact that the laws of these countries know more types of these measures, and that the legal possibilities of their application are much wider compared to the juvenile criminal legislation in Bosnia and Herzegovina.