El papel del juez en el proceso penal en Ecuador; y, la inactividad estatal en lo que respecta a la delincuencia juvenil.

Abstract

This academic article on "The role of the Judge in the Criminal Process in Ecuador; and, State Inactivity with regard to Juvenile Delinquency" in relation to the legal regarding the age for imputability given in adolescents, in order to determine that adolescents under 18 and adolescents over 16 years of age may be legally imputable persons under certain conditions, due to the fact of being aware of their acts, due to the legal insecurity that the country is experiencing. The Comprehensive Organic Criminal Code states that adolescents under 18 years of age, involved in contraventions or criminal offenses will be subjected in accordance with the provisions of the Organic Code for Children and Adolescents and this regulation grants them overprotection and a characteristic of non-imputability. For this reason, it is important that Ecuadorian legislation create a law which regulates the Ecuadorian Penal System (COIP) and the Organic Code for Children and Adolescents (CONA), with the purpose of incorporating them as "adolescent offenders" from of 16 years as imputable persons, where sanctioning measures are determined in accordance with the criminal act committed. As well as allocate state resources so that in the country there are only specialized judges in the field of Juvenile Offenders as the United States administration of justice does, ending with conclusions and recommendations.