Risk Factors and Protective Strategies for Children in the Children and Young Persons Safety Act 1399

The factors such as child abuse and maltreatment by parents and parents fail to fulfill their obligations make children place at risk and children should be protected with applying appropriate safety measures. the developmental crime prevention is one of the social crime prevention types that it is based on recognizing the risky situation and taking the safety (protective) measures. In this model of prevention the goal is to protect children who are in risky situation that through this to eliminate the risk factors and with strengthening protection measures children are empowered to deal with the admission and the commitment of criminal behaviors in future. The protective measures can be in the form of the educational methods, economic empowerment, family alternative institutions such as Child care institutions. The present paper with the analytic and descriptive method has evaluated the individual and social risky factors and protective strategies in the children and Young persons Safety Act 1399 and has stated suggestions meanwhile examining the decisions of the criminal courts and recognizing the strengths and weaknesses.