Differential characteristics of juvenile delinquency between 2006 and 2015 in adolescents with judicial measures in open means of the Council of Valencia

Authors

  • Francisco González Sala Universidad de Valencia. Facultad de Psicología. Dpto. Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación
  • Alejandro Ripoll Ferrando Universidad de Valencia. Dpto. de Trabajo Social y Servicios Sociales. Equipo de medidas judiciales en medio abierto del Ayuntamiento de Valencia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14635/IPSIC.2017.114.4

Keywords:

Teenage offenders, judicial measures, delinquency, gender

Abstract

The present study aims to determine the existence of differences in juvenile delinquency among adolescents who committed a crime in 2006 and 2015, and if there were gender differences in crime variables. The sample is formed by 427 adolescents between 14 and 18 years old with a judicial measure in open means. The results show that recidivism is higher in 2015 and that the crimes of injury and the administration of justice increase. With regard to gender, women commit their first offense at a younger age, but men commit more crimes and have a greater relapse. Probation and internment are the most used measures in both years, increasing the time of the same in a significant way in 2015 compared to 2006. There is a change in the Social Benefits to Benefit of the Community (SBBC) against the Tasks Socio-educative (TSE), more frequent in 2015. The presence of measures with content reflects an increase of the same ones in 2015, being the most frequent the ones related to formative and occupational aspects, with the consumption of substances and with the family therapy

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Author Biography

Francisco González Sala, Universidad de Valencia. Facultad de Psicología. Dpto. Psicología Evolutiva y de la Educación

 

Published

2017-12-21

How to Cite

González Sala, F., & Ripoll Ferrando, A. (2017). Differential characteristics of juvenile delinquency between 2006 and 2015 in adolescents with judicial measures in open means of the Council of Valencia. INFORMACIO PSICOLOGICA, (114), 58–72. https://doi.org/10.14635/IPSIC.2017.114.4