Reforma de las medidas socioeducativas de los menores infractores en el Código de la Niñez y Adolescencia.

Abstract

The trial process for juvenile offenders is regulated by the Code of Childhood and Adolescence, which indicates that they are criminally unimputable and therefore will not be tried by criminal judges, nor will they be subject to penalties under criminal law. It is specified that minors who commit infractions described in the Organic Integral Penal Code must comply with socioeducational measures. Socio-educational measures are any act or remedy provided by the competent authority when the criminal responsibility of the adolescent in what is called a criminal offense has been demonstrated. The purpose of these measures is the social reintegration of the juvenile offender, and the reparation or compensation of the damage caused. This research project focuses on how the socio-educational measures established in the Code of Children and Adolescents are safeguarding adolescent offenders at the time of committing a crime, since their functionality and correct application is null, thus creating a major problem in society by observing a daily increase in Ecuadorian crime. A series of measures should be reformed to ensure that they are adequate for juvenile offenders to achieve proper social rehabilitation and not relapse into organized crime