Experiences and socio-educational measures in youth criminal devices

Abstract

In 2015, a national survey was conducted on adolescents in conflict with the Criminal Law. The methodology used was a census, which was carried out simultaneously in all jurisdictions of the country, using data collection instruments that were provided by key informants from each jurisdiction.

 The report with the results obtained, is a publication jointly produced by the National Secretariat for Children, Adolescents and Family (SENAF) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and was titled "National Survey on Adolescents in conflict with the Criminal Law Year 2015 ". In the second chapter, experiences and specific socio-educational measures were examined in the management of Juvenile Penal Devices under the SENAF orbit, with headquarters in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and six representative provinces of the different regions of Argentina. From the educational field, it is interesting to know how the experiences and educational measures are meant for this group of children and young people attentive to the framework of laws that protect them. They are analyzed from a socio-pedagogical perspective. Pedagogy builds a specialized pedagogical look. Through this work it is expected to give an account of the legislative journey and of interventions that six provinces have been going through during the last ten years, and with the conviction that the socialization of good socio-educational practices will act as a stimulus to the educational improvement of the Juvenile Penal System in other provinces. They should be oriented to trace with each young person a scenario that moves him away from the transgression of the criminal norm.