Çocuk suçluluğunun nedenleri ve edirne ceza mahkemelerinde açılan davaların bu yönden incelenmesi
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SUMMARYThe reasons of children?s criminal and investigation of the lawsuits files aboutthis manner on Edirne Criminal CourtThe aim of this work, examining causes leading the minor to crime, is to make effortsto determine the effects of these investigated causes on cases brought before Edirne CriminalCourts.In this regard, first of all, it was tried to determine the causes leading the minor tocommit an offence, making use of research conducted in Turkey or in other countries onminor criminality, and of academic studies published on this topic; then, statistical dataregarding the causes in each case leading the minor to commit an offence was acquiredthrough criteria set previously by examining from the beginning of offences to the end oftrial process 1191 lawsuits brought against the minor at Edirne Criminal Courts in allbetween 2000 and 2004, and 1597 minors judged in these lawsuits.When data acquired by means of this work is evaluated together with data acquired asthe outcomes of investigations and researches previously carried out at national andinternational level, it is seen that major part of data looks parallel, however different resultsconcerning certain offence types and nationality of the accused due to reasons stemmingfrom regional features of Edirne province.As a result of this research, it has been determined that the rate of child-criminality inEdirne province is less in comparison with the rate in our country; the rate in the province,however, is increasing day by day. Nevertheless, it has been established that the factscausing the minor inclining to crime and consequently considerable part of the reasonsleading the minor to commit an offence to be secret are society?s point of view towards theminor inclining to crime; not notifying the police of the offences; with regard to the offencesnotified, that being come to a conclusion of offences committed by the minor before comingto court stage because of reasons such as existing state of evidence, renunciation complaints,minority; and due to this situation, cases tried before the courts constitutes minor proportionof the offences committed by the minor, and these matters defined has been underlined inthe research.Key Words: Child, Edirne, the reasons of getting influenced, guilt, guilty children