Juvenile delinquency is a broad area. The adolescence can have many aspects that increasing the risk of recidivism. This study aim is to gain knowledge of which aspects that increasing the risk of recidivism for young offenders and which aspects rehabilitation should put their interventions in to minimize the risk of recidivism. The study is based on a literary study (scoping-review) based on 19 scientific articles, both quantitative and qualitative studies have been used. The study shows the aspects that increasing the risk of recidivism is the age, history of anti-social behavior, antisocial personality, antisocial cognition, antisocial associations, family, school/work, leisure occupation and alcohol and substance abuse. The effective preventions of recidivism are to involve the family, wellbeing and achieving goals, community and sense of context. The ineffective preventions for young offenders are prison, preventions that doesn’t have pedagogical character and decision makers who do not have knowledge.

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