German association for juvenile courts and juvenile court assistance
The German Association for Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Court Assistance eV (DVJJ) is an association for the promotion of juvenile criminal justice .
history
The association was founded as a non-profit organization in 1917 on the fourth German Youth Court Conference in Berlin . Club life was suspended between 1934 and 1952. A new establishment took place in Berlin.
The association accompanied the introduction of the Reich Youth Court Act of 1923. During the National Socialist era , numerous association members were banned from working, while others served the Nazi regime. The association was dissolved, but several members took part in the work on the Reich Youth Courts Act of 1943. The current Youth Courts Act of 1953 was also part of this series .
Today's association was significantly shaped by Horst Schüler-Springorum . Schüler-Springorum was managing director of DVJJ from 1962 to 1968 and chairman from 1968 to 1986.
tasks
Statutory tasks of the association are in particular
- Comprehensive criminal policy information for the members on the questions, findings, experience reports, discussions and investigations related to juvenile delinquency.
- Development and representation of technical and political positions and opinions.
- Promotion of the interdisciplinary exchange of experience and the further training of the professional groups active in youth criminal justice at regional and supraregional level through working groups, specialist conferences and further training offers.
- Advising members on the development and implementation of projects and on solving practical problems.
- Promotion of cooperation between specialists, institutions and organizations involved in juvenile criminal justice and youth welfare at federal, state and regional level.
- Participation in other specialist organizations and associations.
- Cooperation with organizations and institutions of science and research, education, training and further education.
- Maintenance of contacts and cooperation on an international level.
- Preparation of the German Juvenile Court Assembly, usually every three years. A deviation from this rule requires a resolution by the general assembly.
The association is involved in all political consultations on youth welfare or youth criminal law.
Membership
The association recruits its members largely from the field of juvenile criminal justice , i.e. (juvenile) judges , public prosecutors , lawyers , the police , juvenile justice , youth welfare , youth welfare offices , social workers and social pedagogues , but also scientists and students from the relevant fields. The current membership is around 1,500.
structure
The association works in 17 regional groups and six federal working groups.
Publications
In addition to a series of publications, the association publishes the quarterly magazine " Zeitschrift für Jugendkriminalrecht und Jugendhilfe " - ZJJ, which emerged from the former DVJJ-Journal. Proceedings will be published for the juvenile court days.
Chairperson
At the 28th Youth Court Day in Münster, Theresia Höynck ( University of Kassel ) replaced Bernd-Rüdeger Sonnen ( University of Hamburg ) as chairman.
Office
The office is in Hanover.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Frieder Dünkel: In memoriam Horst Schüler-Springorum . In: Monthly for Criminology and Criminal Law Reform, Volume 98, Issue 5 (October 2015), pp. 409–411
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated August 7, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ JGT conference volumes 1909 to 2017 (digital copies).
