La intervención con menores infractoresanálisis de medidas judiciales aplicadas e importancia de la implicación familiar en la intervención psicosocial

Abstract

The effectiveness of the established legal measures in the Organic Law 5/2000 concerning Penal Responsibility of Young Offenders has been criticized over and over, especially with regard to the young offenders’ social rehabilitation. Nevertheless, there are very few studies that have analyzed the execution of the judicial measures and the variables associated with the success of such measures. Therefore, a total of 654 closed judicial files of young offenders from the Service of Juvenile Justice in Jaén (Spain) were analyzed. From the files consulted, legal and socio-demographic variables were analyzed, as well as the link between family involvement and variables such as compliance with the goals established in the legal measures and recidivism. The results showed that the collaboration and involvement of the family is a key factor for the success of judicial measures with young offenders.