Socially unacceptable behavior of young people has changed, over time, both in the forms of manifestations and in terms of causes and conditions which may lead it. Juvenile crime is negative, dynamic social phenomenon which represents the activity of one or more persons in a given period of time and space, conditioned by certain social relations and recognized by the legislation, whose disregard for and violation of the products and adequate criminal penalties. The study of the causes of juvenile delinquency includes two major, interrelated areas, which can be divided into objective (socio-economic) and subjective factors. Objective factors related to the study of the social conditions of criminal behavior of juveniles and the formation of personality under the influence of these conditions. Subjective factors include psychological characteristics of the personality of the minor, specific for intelligence, temperament, Socially unacceptable behavior of young people has changed, over time, both in the forms of manifestations and in terms of causes and conditions which may lead it. Juvenile crime is negative, dynamic social phenomenon which represents the activity of one or more persons in a given period of time and space, conditioned by certain social relations and recognized by the legislation, whose disregard for and violation of the products and adequate criminal penalties. The study of the causes of juvenile delinquency includes two major, interrelated areas, which can be divided into objective (socio-economic) and subjective factors. Objective factors related to the study of the social conditions of criminal behavior of juveniles and the formation of personality under the influence of these conditions. Subjective factors include psychological characteristics of the personality of the minor, specific for intelligence, temperament, character, emotions, motives, attitudes, habits, preferences, primarily due to the specifc characteristics of puberty and adolescence as an important phase in the development of personality. The World Health Organizationestimates that annually around the world, young people aged 10 to 29 commit about 200,000 homicides, representing 43% of the total number of murders that are committed in the world each year. Only this indicates a serious social problem in the control and prevention of juvenile crime at the global level.Društveno neprihvatljivo ponašanje mladih, kroz vreme menjalo se kako u oblicima ispoljavanja tako i u pogledu uzroka i uslova koji ga izazivaju. Maloletnički kriminalitet je negativna, dinamična društvena pojava koja predstavlja aktivnost jednog ili više lica u određenom period i prostoru, uslovljenu određenim društvenim odnosima i inkriminisanu zakonskim propisima, čije nepoštovanje i kršenje povlači i adekvatne krivične sankcije. Izučavanje uzroka maloletničke delinkvencije obuhvata dva glavna, međusobno povezana područja, koji se mogu podeliti na objektivne (socijalno-ekonomske) i subjektivne faktore. Objektivni faktori se odnose na izučavanje socijalnih uslova kriminalnog ponašanja maloletnika i formiranje ličnosti pod uticajem tih uslova. Subjektivni faktori obuhvataju psihološke karakteristike ličnosti maloletnika, specifčne po inteligenciji, temperamentu, karakteru, emocijama, motivima, stavovima, navikama, sklonostima, pre svega, zbog posebnih obeležja puberteta i adolescencije kao značajnih faza u razvoju ličnosti. Svetska zdravstvena organizacija procenjuje da godišnje u celom svetu, mladi uzrasta od 10 do 29 godina počine oko 200.000 ubistava, što predstavlja 43% od ukupnog broja ubistava koja se počine na svetu svake godine. Samo ovaj podatak ukazuje na ozbiljan problem društva u kontroli i prevenciji maloletničkog kriminaliteta na globalnom nivou
