Samenvatting

Justitiële verkenningen was founded in the period when the image of a humane criminal justice climate in the Netherlands began to change. Since then, youth who crossed the line have been punished more severely. This article describes that after a decades-long increase in registered juvenile crime there is a sharp decline since 2007, but also that there appears to be a very small group of young persistent recidivists. After briefly discussing current phenomena such as cybercrime and sexting it is pointed out that young people with a migration background appear more often in juvenile justice statistics, after which it concludes with a look at the role of the media.