EL PROCESAMIENTO DE LOS ADOLESCENTES INFRACTORES, HACIA EL ENFOQUE DE LA JUSTICIA JUVENIL

Abstract

According to the Inter-American Court, the person between 12 and 18 years old will be considered as a minor, but not as a young person, the distinction made between the child and the adolescent is necessary due to the criminal responsibility that the criminal acts that they commit commit. In the present work, determining factors of imputability will be considered, age to consider an adolescent imputable, and the qualities that characterize a person as incompetent, taking into account that the capacity for guilt is measured according to the psychic faculties of the individual with respect to power. understand the norm. One of the objectives of this work is to verify if their constitutional rights are respected within the processing of minors. Concluding that the effort of the State not to violate the dignity and rights of the minor can be evidenced, the special procedure with which the adolescent is treated puts the best interest of the child as the guiding point, recognizing him as an individual of society.