Investigating the criminal responsibility of juvenile offenders should focus on education. Through education, juvenile offenders can realize the social harm of their criminal behavior, break their criminal psychology, and become law-abiding citizens through corresponding educational reform and psychological correction. At the same time, China requires judicial organs to fully consider the physiological and psychological characteristics of minors when handling criminal cases of minors, and to provide special protection and targeted education to minors in the process of handling cases.
While insisting on giving priority to education, it must be supplemented by necessary punishment means, so that juvenile criminals can be punished to a certain extent and feel the legal consequences and legal responsibilities of crimes. The purpose of punishment is to let juvenile offenders learn a lesson, turn a new page, and promote their legal concept and socialization through necessary punishment.
Education is the goal, punishment is the means, and punishment serves education. The ultimate goal of education and punishment is to reform and save juvenile offenders and prevent and reduce juvenile delinquency. Among them,? Probation? It refers to caring for, helping and infecting minors who commit crimes, making them realize the social harm of their crimes, so as to change the past and turn a new page. ? Saving lives? It refers to the work of judicial staff in the process of litigation, which is carried out in accordance with laws and policies to urge minors who commit crimes to plead guilty and serve the law and turn over a new leaf. In a word, educating, reforming and saving juvenile offenders through necessary punishment means is the core content of reducing juvenile delinquency.