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1. Juvenile justice in
Estonia
Jako Salla, Estonian Ministry of Justice
28.11.2013

2. Content
• Brief statistics
• Policy
• Prevention

3. Children who commit crimes

4. Average length on pretrial proceedings in months

5. Number of minors in closed facilities

6. Mediation

7. Policy priorities
• Coalition agreement
– School attendance
• Criminal Policy Guidelines
– Prevention of recidivism
– Prevention of juvenile crime
• Early identification of children at risk
– State level child protection system
– Evidence based parenting program
• Problems in school environment
– Inclusive education, controversies, bullying

8. Policy priorities
• Prevention of juvenile crime
– Juvenile committies
• Quality, speed of procedure
– Reform schools
• Repeat offending, support on leaving
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Speed of criminal procedure
Reduction of alcohol consumption
Internet crimes
Sex offender treatment
Cooperation networks

9. Development plan for reducing violence
• In addition to topics already mentioned…
• Young victims of violence
• Sexual violence
– Knowledge and skills of police and judiciary
• Domestic violence

10. Coming up in the future
• Primary prevention – SCHOOL & HOME
– Government support for after school
activities for municipalities
– Implementation of school based universal
prevention programs (Good Behaviour
Game, Botvin Life Skills)
– Skills and the role of teachers
– Parenting skills

11. Coming up in the future
• Secondary prevention: child protection
– New child protection law
• Qualification
• State supervision
• State responsibilities in complicated cases
– Parenting skills
– Decriminalization of status offences
– Juvenile committees reform
– Youth work

12. Coming up in the future
• Tertiary prevention: police and justice
system
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Age 14/15 & 18/21
Children & prison
Evidence based programs
New procedural code of misdemeanours
• Child protection
– Special conditions children
• Shock imprisonment
• Early release
• Criminal records

13. To sum up:
• All prevention levels must be involved,
sharing of responsibility
– 1 goal vs several goals
– Networking in all levels
• Effective and appropriate practices must be
preferred
• In addition to doing the right things, they
must be done in a right way
– Evidence based practices
– Evaluation

14. Thank you!