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Juvenile Crime and Its Governance: From Theoretical Insights to Systematic Implementation Measures
WU Xingmin
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DOI:10.17265/1548-6591/2025.02.004
Guangdong Police College, Guangzhou, PRC
Juvenile delinquency and crimes are core issues concerning social stability and future development. In recent years, juvenile crime in China has exhibited the characteristics of “three tendencies and one weakness”: younger age of offenders, adult-like and organized criminal methods, coexistence of simplistic motives and serious consequences, and weak effectiveness of correction and intervention. These characteristics pose challenges to the traditional governance system. Based on multi-dimensional criminological theories (biological, psychological, sociological, and legal perspectives), this paper analyzes the causes from four dimensions: individual physical and mental imbalance, lack of family guardianship, gaps in social systems, and difficulties in legal balance. Combining the practical application of laws such as the Minors Protection Law and the Law on the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency, the paper proposes an integrated systematic governance framework of “prevention-intervention-correction”. It aims to provide theoretical support and practical paths for addressing the dilemma of juvenile crime and realizing the legislative goal of “prioritizing education over punishment”.
juvenile crime, criminological theories, systematic governance, hierarchical intervention
WU Xingmin.Juvenile Crime and Its Governance: From Theoretical Insights to Systematic Implementation Measures.Journal of US-China Public Administration, September 2025, Vol. 22, No. 2, 92-101
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