Youth Crime in 2023
Abstract:
The introduction to the study defines key terms in accordance with the terminology used in the statistics of the Czech Police and in relevant legislation. Based on statistics from the Czech Police, the study presents the number of offenses committed by juveniles between 2019 and 2023, broken down into offenses committed by children under 15 and offenses committed by juveniles aged 15–17, including their structure and a list of the most common offenses. The article also provides data on the number of juveniles who were subject to preliminary proceedings and presents indices—the number of children under the age of 15 and juveniles in preliminary proceedings per 10,000 people in the same age groups. The data show that trends in youth crime during the period under review, starting in 2019, have not exhibited dramatic fluctuations. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic was significant, followed by a gradual return to pre-pandemic levels. With regard to the trend in property crime, it is also necessary to take into account the impact of so-called decriminalization associated with an increase in the threshold for damages in cases involving criminal offenses where damage is one of their defining characteristics.
Author
Večerka Kazimír
ISBN
ISBN 978-80-7338-219-3 (pdf)
Edition
Edition series KONTEXTY
Year of publication
2025
Keywords
youth crime, children under 15, juveniles, number of offenses, juveniles in pretrial proceedings