Developing A System of Prevention of Offenses Committed by Juveniles: A View from Kazakhstan

Gakku Rakhimova

Student PhD in Jurisprudence, Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, 13 Dostyk Ave., Almaty, 050000, Kazakhstan

Zhanna Khamzina

Doctor of Juridical Science, Professor at the Department of Law, Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, 13 Dostyk Ave., Almaty, 050000, Kazakhstan,

Nonna Aldabergenova

PhD, Professor at the Department of Law, Turan University, Almaty city, st. Satpaev 16a, 05000, Kazakhstan,

Malika Buribayeva

Undergraduate Student, Lehigh University, 1 Farrington Square, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 18015, US,

Yermek Buribayev

Doctor of Juridical Science, Professor at the Department of Law, Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, 13 Dostyk Ave., Almaty, 050000, Kazakhstan,

Abstract:

This study aimed to investigate the domain of research juvenile delinquency in Kazakhstan, analyze the main causes and conditions of crime, and develop a system of preventive measures. A general scientific dialectical method of knowledge acquisition of social phenomena was adopted as the research methodology, aided by private scientific methods of historical, comparative legal, systemic logical, and statistical analysis. The data was collected through documentation search and content analysis of legislation related to juvenile delinquency. The findings reveal that theoretical and applied problems developed in the study make it possible to form a scientific-methodological and informational basis for developing conceptual approaches to building a system for preventing juvenile delinquency in changing conditions. The provisions presented in the framework of the study can be used to coordinate activities in preventing juvenile delinquency, planning state programs for the prevention of juvenile delinquency. Its practical significance lies in using its provisions to devise tasks of preventing crime and juvenile delinquency and identify the positive experience of Kazakhstan in the implementation of state policy to prevent juvenile delinquency.

Keyword:

Juvenile Delinquency, Juvenile Courts, Juvenile Justice, Early Prevention, Legal Policy, Juvenile Offenders.