Evaluation of the children on trial in the Ankara 1st children's High Criminal Court for peer abuse

Aim: Children performing acts defined as criminal law are the children who are dragged into crime. When the victim of the identified actions are children, both the number of children who need protection and who are dragged into crime increases and the victim of both sides in the incident become children.Material and Method: The case files and cartons of decisions of 188 events sentenced in the Ankara 1st Children’s High Criminal Court for 4-year period between 2007-2010 in which victims are in the pediatric age group were retrospectively examined.Results: All of the children in the proceedings are male. The average age of children dragged into crime is 15,95 and the average age of children who are victims is 13,85. So all of the children dragged into crime have poor economic status; 50,5% of the trial offences are crimes against property, 39,8% are sexual offenses and 8,6% are crimes against person. Only the 26,9% of the defendants’ student lives continue, 37,6% of the defendants are workers, 45,2% of our events was sentenced with conviction, 32,8% was fined or probated, 22% was acquittaled or dropped by the court. Forty seven percent of the trials were concluded in a year.Conclusions: The circle of friends is as important as the family structure, socio- cultural status and education regarding the juvenile delinquency. Family support and educational programs have a significant place concerning the prevention of crime. When the prevention of crime is successfully managed in coequal delinquency, protection will be provided for both the children dragged into crime and the children who are victimized. (Turk Arch Ped 2012; 47: 283-9)