Juveniles, as offenders of criminal offenses due to their age and underdeveloped personality, have a specific position in the criminal legislation of the Republic of Croatia. Their status is regulated by a special branch of criminal law called Juvenile Criminal Law, which deals with their substantive and procedural legal position in the criminal law system, and includes regulations concerning the execution of a sentence. The Juvenile Courts Act is a normative act whose regulations apply to juvenile offenders (and to younger adults), which regulates criminal proceedings, among other things, on the principle of effectiveness. The position of juvenile perpetrators is regulated by law, and at the same time differs from the procedure against adult offenders. One of the distinguishing criteria is the prescribing of special sanctions that seek to influence the upbringing of minors and thus strengthen their personal responsibility and prevent further incriminating behavior. This paper presents the position of juveniles in the criminal legislation of the Republic of Croatia and describes thecharacteristics of such offenders. In addition, the difference between criminal proceedings in relation to adult offenders will be presented, and criminal sanctions that can be imposed on juveniles, the purpose of which is to prevent the recurrence of a criminal offense, will be processed. The paper will touch on and describe the international standard of treatment toward minors. In order to approach the problem addressed in this paper as successfully as possible, the data of the County and Municipal State Attorney's Office in Varaždin will be analyzed in order to get a picture of the types of criminal offenses that juveniles most often commit. At the end of the paper, a legally abiding case which was assigned by the County Stateʾs Attorneyʾs Office in Varazdin will be analyzed.