La criminalidad juvenil en España (2017 - 2012)

The claim regarding the need for reliable statistics on juvenile justice has been constantly repeated by international bodies. In Spain, from the coming into effect in 2001 of the Juvenile Criminal Responsibility Act, while public opinion nurtures the perception that this kind of criminality has bee...

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Main Author: Montero Hernanz, Tomás
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: 2014
Subjects:
Menor infractor
sentencia condenatoria
delincuente juvenil
estadísticas de menores
medición de la criminalidad
Young offender
underage law transgressor
indictment
court conviction
juvenile criminal
statistics on minors
crime measurement
Menor infrator
sentenças condenatória
delinquente juvenil
estatísticas de menores
medição da criminalidade
Online Access:https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=5125434
Source:Criminalidad, ISSN 1794-3108, Vol. 56, Nº. 2, 2014 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Examen químico metalográfico con ácido nitrico en carrocerías y chasis en acero de vehiculos), pags. 247-261
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La criminalidad juvenil en España (2017 - 2012)
Summary: The claim regarding the need for reliable statistics on juvenile justice has been constantly repeated by international bodies. In Spain, from the coming into effect in 2001 of the Juvenile Criminal Responsibility Act, while public opinion nurtures the perception that this kind of criminality has been growing exponentially and minors are falling very easily into an early initiation into delinquency, this fact is being associated with the rising immigration rates. The objective of this paper is getting closer to juvenile criminality by examining data provided by the National Institute of Statistics, in order to verify the rights and wrongs of these social allegations. For this purpose, a quantitative analysis is made of the number of sentenced youngsters, their infringements and breaches and the measures imposed on them, as well as the criminality rate, without disregarding the variables relating to gender and aliens’ origin. The results have only partially confirmed the social perception of a seldom serious criminal activity that is not increasingly precocious, as well as where and when it is not right to associate insecurity with the presence of immigrants. The complexity of this matter cannot be explained from specific situations, and Spain’s criminological and sociological reality must be taken into account.

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