Juvenile delinquency requires the organization of preventive processes based on measures based on a unique approach. Children who have committed crimes are more often used educational methods than punitive measures, which expressed by the slowness of the process of cognitively understanding the origin and consequences of the crime. Theft is the most common crime committed by minors. The article analyzes the historical punishments for theft, the psychological, pedagogical and legal aspects of child theft.

theft, minors, child theft, kleptomania, punishment, disciplinary measures, piracy, laws of Hammurabi.

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