Attitudes determine and shape our behaviors, they are responsible for harmonizing behavior and cognition. Positive attitudes lead to altruistic behavior, and negative ones (stereotypes and prejudices) lead to destructive behavior. Adhering to the theory that attitudes influence our behavior, they can serve as a good predictor of human behavior in certain situations, and with the assumption it’s possible to change them, we come to the conclusion that by shaping attitudes, we can reshape human behavior. Police officers play an unavoidably important role while working with young offenders, which is why it’s important to examine their attitudes toward young offenders in order to prevent potentially negative attitudes becoming destructive and negative behaviors. Accordingly, the aim of this research was to examine the attitudes of police officers toward young perpetrators of criminal and misdemeanor offenses and the differences in the attitudes of police officers toward young offenders with regard to some socio-demographic characteristics of the participants themselves. 160 police officers employed in different police stations in Brod-Posavina County participated in the research. The research was conducted on a convenient sample, using the survey questionnaire method The results show that attitudes of police officers toward young perpetrators of criminal and misdemeanor offenses are directed toward higher values, i.e. positive values. The results on the differences according to sociodemographic data show that attitudes of police officers toward young offenders differ according to their age, years of service and parental status, whereby older police officers, those with longer service experience and those who are parents, have more positive attitudes than younger police officers, those with shorter service experience and those who are not parents. However, no differences were found in attitudes regarding gender, level of education, experience of attending education related to young people and frequency of encounters with young offenders.