Judgment

Judgment

Development-based prevention in supporting children in risky situations in Case Law

Document Type : Scientific

Authors
1 Assistant Professor, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
2 PhD Student in Criminal Law and Criminology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
3 PhD Student in Criminal Law and Criminology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran,
10.22034/judg.2026.2084397.1670
Abstract
Children and adolescents at risk face serious threats to healthy development and physical and mental safety due to situations such as domestic violence, parental neglect, lack of effective guardianship, addiction, parental mental illness, and other family, individual, and environmental trauma. In the meantime, early, multidimensional, and coordinated interventions play a key role in preventing the continuation of trauma and the formation of future delinquency or victimization. Based on a development-oriented prevention approach, the present study examines the performance of the "Shogh Zendige Complex in Mashhad" in supporting children and adolescents in risky situations. The research method is qualitative and based on the study of documents from welfare and judicial cases related to children at risk in the Shogh Zendige Complex in Mashhad. The data were collected and analyzed by reviewing the cases in cooperation with the judicial authority of this complex. The findings show that the Mashhad Shogh Zendige Complex, by purposefully utilizing judicial capacities and also effectively cooperating with other institutions, plays a pivotal role in shaping a judicial-support intervention cycle; in such a way that support based on judicial capacity includes measures such as separating children at risk and transferring them to safe centers, proposing a criminal complaint against the agent creating the risky situation, appointing a supervisor, and selecting an alternative family, and in addition, inter-institutional support is pursued through immediate intervention and social assistance, psychological and medical services, and educational support.
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Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript
Available Online from 14 July 2026

  • Receive Date 02 February 2026
  • Revise Date 05 July 2026
  • Accept Date 14 July 2026