Resocialization of Delinquent Children in the System of the Average Care for the Juvenile

The article analyses problems related to the development of the system of resocialization ofdelinquent behaviour underage and child‘s average care based on legal acts, analysis of programmesof Underage Justice as well as the data of sociological investigations. The paper deals with thefollowing issues: situation of juvenile delinquency in Lithuania; trends of the system developmentof child’s resocialization; application problems of the Law on Child’s Minimum and Average care;activities of children socialization centres and cases of infringement of the rights of the underageliving there. The conclusion drawn from the article is that the system of average care for theunderage functions ineffectively. The main causes of this problem are as follows: legal basis is notduly regulated; structure of the institutions providing average care for the child is still underdevelopment, lack of skilled specialists, limited possibilities to improve professional skills,insufficient cooperation between departments.