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In 1912, Belgium adopted a protection oriented model of juvenile justice in order to provide an alternative for a penal logic that was judged insufficiently adapted for answering the problem of juvenile delinquency. In the context of a reform that was soon to be criticized for its net widening, of social control this protective model was extended to minors in danger) thereby blurring the boundaries between delinquents and non-delinquents. Currently the debate focuses on a re-penalization of the model of child protection within the framework of renewed separation of the care for minors in danger, from the sanctioning of juvenile offenders.