Evaluation of juvenile sexual delinquency at the Ankara 1st Children’s High Criminal Court

Aim To evaluate the events being tried for sexual crimes and toget information about children who committed sexual crimes.Methods The case files in which the trials were completedwere retrospectively examined and analyzed for sexual offensesat the Ankara 1st Children’s High Criminal Court between2008- 2009.Results All 54 children involved into sexual crimes were malesand the average age of those children was 15.68 and the averageage of 54 victims was 12.04 years. There was a significantdifference between the age groups of assailants and victims.The assailants had mainly committed those crimes against agegroups younger than themselves. All the families of childreninvolved into sexual crimes have poor socio-economic status.There were only nine (16.7%) high school graduates.Conclusion Taking necessary measures before a crime is committed,and social rehabilitation of offender and victim if thecrime occurs, will be the success of a contemporary society. Preventionof children from committing a crime again and socialrehabilitation will provide serenity and confidence of society.