Exemption of minors from criminal punishment under German legislation

The German criminal law has a separate branch concerning juveniles, the so-called Jugendgerichtsgesetz [1], the Youth Courts Law adopted in 1953 (it complements the earlier law of 1923 "On the Administration of Juvenile Justice"). In analysing the German criminal law, the author identified four groups of legal consequences of juvenile crimes: correctional and security measures, educational measures, enforcement measures, deprivation of liberty. The criminal law of the Federal Republic of Germany knows a wider range of requirements, duties, and has a big choice of alternative measures. The law focuses the attention of the law enforcer on teaching the respectful attitude of the minor to the norms protected by the law and the awareness of the wrongfulness of the act committed.

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