@article{Pavlovski_Petkovski_2022, title={An analysis of risk factors for juvenile delinquency: Case study the Republic of North Macedonia}, volume={61}, url={https://www.gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/13618}, abstractNote={<p>Many countries in Europe and around the world are currently facing the problem of juvenile delinquency. In order to better understand the juvenile delinquency, as well as to explore main reasons and risk factors that contribute to the occurrence of delinquent and criminal behavior among juveniles, this paper is focused on an analysis of the data contained in the files of juveniles serving prison sentences in the Republic of North Macedonia. Having in mind that the research has been conducted in the Juvenile Prison in Ohrid and the fact that this prison is only for male juveniles, in the research, there is no data analysis for female juvenile delinquents. The results from this study show that the juvenile delinquency is a very complex phenomenon that occurs due to different factors and for the prevention and suppression of which, a coordinated and serious social action is needed. This analysis showed that juveniles serving prison sentences have not developed adequate social skills to deal with the problems and challenges they face in everyday life. Therefore, they manifest various forms of socially unacceptable behaviors, which is in conflict with existing moral and legal norms. The lack of social skills is one of the indicators which shows that the family, but also society, have misperceived the phenomenon and have negatively contributed in the process of building personalities of these young people with acceptable moral values and behaviors. To this end, the family and society have failed to exert adequate educational influence on these juveniles.</p>}, number={1}, journal={International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR)}, author={Pavlovski, Daniel and Petkovski, Aleksandar}, year={2022}, month={Jan.}, pages={100–114} }