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The Prosecution of Minors
The draft decree on the prosecution of minors introduced by the Commissariat for Education was discussed and endorsed with Leninâs Amendments at the meeting of the Council of Peopleâs Commissars on March 4, 1920. The decree was published in Izvestia No. 51 for March 6 under the heading: âCases of Juveniles Accused of Socially Dangerous Actsâ.
Notes And Amendments to the Draft Decree
1) The theory of delimitation is no good.
2) Courts and prisons are corrupting.
3) Who knows the psychology of children? The judges or expert opinion?
4) Special establishments?
5) Profiteers, etc.? Recidive?
1) Instruct the Commissariat for Justice by arrangement with the Commissariat for Public Health, the Commissariat for Education and the Central Statistical Board to draw up forms of report for each case of juvenile delinquency.
2) Instruct the Commissariat for Education and the Commissariat for Public Health to step up activities in the organisation of medical and educational institutions for defective juveniles.
Instruct the Commissariat for Justice to exercise stricter supervision over the membership of the juvenile commissions and the way they fulfil their duties.