Document Type : scientific
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Department of Law, Faculty of law, political science and history, yazd university, yazd. iran
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Status offenses are considered legal for adults based on a global criterion. Although the most important examples of status are school skipping, running away home, curfew, incorrigibility and the consumption of beverages and drug, the scope of criminalization might be tied with the cultural and societal spheres of societies. Applying comparative research method, this research describes advanced juvenile justice models of the US and England based on famous approaches of welfare and justice to find the consequences of de/criminalization. After all, it considers these misbehaviors in Islamic criminal Act 2014, juvenile protection Act 2020 and regulations enacted by ministry of welfare and social security, as well as, judicial practices. Based on the research results, welfare based approach with its capacity to suit with various circumstances may be effective. In addition, status offenses are deemed to be harmful inter alia for juveniles and criminalization not also increase the harmful consequences for both families and criminal justice system, but also may not protect society as a whole. Thus, it is a must for courts to shape semi/unitary treatment based practices with stablishing mechanisms by the judiciary system as well as making reforms towards the age of criminal maturity by the parliament.
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