Scientific Journal of the National Academy of Internal Affairs

The purpose of the article is to analyze level, structure and dynamics of crimes committed by juveniles, as well as his or her sentencing and release from criminal liability, punishment or serve the sentence according to the results of judicial statistics of 2017-2018 years. Methodology. The methodological toolkit was chosen due to the set purpose, the specifics of the object and subject of the study. The following methods of cognition have been used: method of the systematic analysis of legal norms – to compare the rules for the release of juveniles from punishment and serve the sentence; for the systematization of the types of release of juveniles from punishment and serve the sentence; statistical – for the analysis of judicial statistics and other statistical information in order to substantiate certain conclusions. Scientific novelty is to improve the theoretical understanding of the content of the level, structure and dynamics of crimes committed by juveniles, and also general tendencies in sentencing and release from criminal liability, punishment or serve the sentence. Conclusions. According to the analysis of judicial statistics for 2017-2018, it was ascertained that in Ukraine, in the administration of juvenile justice, the recommendations set forth in international legal instruments applicable in the administration of juvenile justice in respect of the granting of benefits to such sanctions and measures that may have an educational effect, as well as to compensate for the damage caused by an offense committed by a minor, shall be taken into account