Abstract

CUERVO GOMEZ, Keren; VILLANUEVA BADENES, Lidón; QUEROL MOLINOS, José M.  and  ZORIO CORELLA, Pilar. Criminal Trajectories and Educational Measures in the Juvenile Court. Univ. Psychol. [online]. 2018, vol.17, n.1, pp.69-79. ISSN 1657-9267.  https://doi.org/10.11144/javeriana.upsy17-1.tdme.

The aim of this study is to define a profile of juvenile offenders with a criminal record in the juvenile court, according to their criminal trajectory, depending on the type of crime and educational measure. Participants were 210 adolescents between the ages of 14.03 and 18.10. Results showed recidivism trajectories (23.15%) that property-related offences were more present 51.2%, (offences against persons, and 48.8%). On the other hand as the educational measure is more punitive, the amount of minors with more criminal records is higher. The educational measures with the higher recidivism rates are: Outpatient services (66.7%), Socio-educational tasks (53.8%), Confinement in closed centres (50%) and Probation (47.2%).

Keywords : juvenile offender; recidivism; criminal typology; educational measure.

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