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11 Facta Universitatis, Series: L. & Pol. 1 (2013)

handle is hein.journals/fauvisie11 and id is 1 raw text is: FACTA UNIVERSITATIS Series: Law and Politics Vol. 11, N°1, 2013, pp. 1 - 10 Review Article BIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORIES ON JUVENILE DELINQUENCY UDC 343.94 .95-053.6 Miomira Kostic Faculty of Law, University of Nis, Serbia Abstract. In this paper, the author notes that a child is born with bio-psychological predispositions which are distinctive characteristics of humankind. Every single stage in human development is idiosyncratic and the process of human development involves moving from a lower to a higher and more qualitative stage of development. The roots of asocial behaviour and delinquency may be traced back to the early childhood. The child's psychological and physical characteristics in preadolescence may have a signficant impact on one's deviant behaviour, such as commission of criminal acts, gang initiation and suicide. Puberty is the most significant transitional stage involving one's effort to be break free from any form of dependence. The age of adolescence is the most sensitive period in developing one's emotional maturity. Every stage in human development features specific psychological traits entailing not only a risk of child victimization but also the roots of child's propensity to deviant behaviour. The author particularly focuses on the basic tenets of anthropological, bio-psychological and psychological theories dealing with the causes of deviant behaviour among children and juveniles, their recidivism and victimization. Key words: personality, juvenile delinquent, criminological theories, bio-psychological theories, child molestation, adolescence, recidivism, victimization. INTRODUCTION Different issues concerning specific types of criminal behavior, including juvenile delinquency, may be approached and interpreted from different points of view: the an- thropological, sociological and legal aspect. Yet, each of these aspects reflects only one particular standpoint which is largely predetermined by the researcher's specific field of interest. Hence, the historical development of criminology provides an excellent oppor- Received April 12, 2013 / Accepted May 22, 2013 Corresponding author: Miomira Kostic, LL.D. Full Professor Faculty of Law, Trg Kralja Aleksandra 11, 18000 Nis, Serbia Tel. +381 18 500 280 E-mail: kosticmiomira@yahoo.com

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