COMPARATIVE APPROACH TO JUVENILE JUSTICE.

In this paper, there are presented and analysed the characteristics of criminal legislation for children in several states in order to become familiar with their criminal justice systems. On this regard, importance is given to the comparative approach of juvenile justice, comparing criminal legislations of some states, such as the juvenile justice of the Republic of North Macedonia, the Republic of Kosovo, the Republic of Albania, the Republic of Croatia, the Netherlands, the Swiss Confederation, Norway, England and Wales, in these comparative elements: the minimum age of children; minimum age for criminal responsibility of children, minimum age for the imposition of sentences on children and reaching adulthood. These comparisons are also illustrated in tabular form to provide a clearer picture to the reader regarding the aforementioned comparisons. Also, in this regard, the three main models of legalpenal treatment of children in different states have been discussed and clarified. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]