Crime and Penal Policy of Courts in Serbia

In this article, I discuss the state of crime in Serbia and the reaction of the criminal courts to it. Data are presented separately for adult and juvenile offenders. In addition to crime trends in the last two decades, I also point out certain problems present in the Serbian society in that period, such as corruption, environmental crime, domestic violence, and juvenile violence. Key criminal legal solutions in Serbian law and trends that have been present during the last decade, which are predominantly directed towards more repressive legal solutions, are also discussed. This is inevitably reflected in the decisions of the courts and in the prison population, which is on the rise.