El principio de proporcionalidad en la imposición de sanciones a los adolescentes infractores

Abstract

This paper exposes the principles that govern the Juvenile Penal Justice System applicable in Ecuador, as well as the main rights enjoyed by adolescents who are in conflict with the criminal law. It also determines the structure of the principle of proportionality within this system, its scope and variables. Through several interviews conducted to public workers of Cuenca city, who work with adolescent offenders, was possible determine the existence or not of proportionality of socio-educational measures applied to adolescents when they commit severe crimes and if these measures are appropriate to reduce juvenile delinquency in Ecuador. Establishing in this way a series of recommendations to strengthen the main deficiencies of the current structure of the Adolescent Criminal System that have been shown in this investigation