CHILDREN INVOLVED IN JUDICIAL PROCESSES: AN EVALUATION OF TÜRKİYE’S DATA BETWEEN 2019 AND 2023
Romanian Journal of Legal Medicine, cilt.33, sa.3, ss.274-284, 2025 (Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 33 Sayı: 3
- Basım Tarihi: 2025
- Doi Numarası: 10.4323/rjlm.2025.274
- Dergi Adı: Romanian Journal of Legal Medicine
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, EMBASE
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.274-284
- Anahtar Kelimeler: adverse childhood experiences, child, delinquent child, judicial process, Türkiye, victimized child
- Açık Arşiv Koleksiyonu: AVESİS Açık Erişim Koleksiyonu
- Sağlık Bilimleri Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Gaining insights into children involved in judicial processes, along with examining related cases and incidents, is essential for shaping effective prevention, protection, rehabilitation, and correction strategies. This study aims to assess the demographic characteristics of children involved in judicial processes, their roles as victims or perpetrators, the nature of the judicial incidents, and the subsequent legal proceedings. The study was conducted to analyze the number of children processed by security forces (as victims or perpetrators), those prosecuted in courts, and those incarcerated based on official data from state institutions in Türkiye between 2019 and 2023. During the study period (2019–2023), a total of 2,600,706 children in Türkiye were processed by security units. Of these, 42.9% were classified as victims while 30.8% were identified as criminal suspects. Among the victimized children, 54.7% were male and 45.3% were female. Among those processed as criminal suspects, 82.1% were male and 17.9% were female. The most common harm suffered by victimized children was injury (51.8%), while the most frequent offense among child suspects was involvement in injury-related incidents (35.9%). Judicial processes, whether concerning victims or offenders, must be structured entirely in accordance with the principle of serving ‘the best interests of the child’.