Basics of juvenile criminal law

theme No.: 36W
responsible federal state: Lower Saxony
date: 13.11.2023 - 17.11.2023

The one-week digital conference is aimed at those who have changed departments in juvenile criminal law, but also at more experienced colleagues who are interested in the interdisciplinary basics of juvenile criminal law. It serves as a well-founded preparation for work in the department of youth judges and youth prosecutors.
Section 37 of the JGG was amended on January 1st, 2022 as a result of the law to combat sexualized violence against children. According to this, juvenile court judges and youth public prosecutors should have knowledge in the fields of criminology, education, social education and youth psychology.
Taking up this claim, the present conference is intended to convey the basics of various topics as part of a one-week online seminar.
The conference includes lectures on the following topics:

• Overview of the juvenile court department
• Overview of the youth prosecutor's department
• Current jurisprudence in juvenile criminal law
• Basics of child and adolescent psychology as well as possible psychiatric peculiarities
• Basics of youth forensics
• Juvenile sex offenders
• Structures and possibilities of child and youth welfare
• Juvenile court assistance in criminal proceedings
• youth detention
• Criminological basics in juvenile criminal law
• Pedagogical and socio-pedagogical foundations for juvenile criminal law - effectiveness of pedagogical measures and possibilities of the judiciary
• Legal framework of the video interrogation
• Child-friendly questioning in criminal proceedings: Developmental and testimony psychological basics

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