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    La responsabilidad de los adolescentes infractores y su relación con el incremento de la delincuencia juvenil e inseguridad en el Ecuador
    (Universidad Tècnica de Ambato, Facultad de Jurisprudencia y Ciencias Sociales, Carrera de Derecho, 2024-08) Reyes Salazar, Tania Pamela; Acosta Morales, María Gabriela
    This research paper focuses on the analysis of the responsibility of adolescent offenders and their relationship with the increase in juvenile delinquency and insecurity in Ecuador. The Ecuadorian juvenile justice system is based on the principle of specialty and non-imputability established in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which aims at the protection and integral development of minors in conflict with the criminal law. To this end, it has been established that everything concerning adolescent offenders will be regulated by the Code of Childhood and Adolescence, specialized regulations for this matter, which has an approach based on the rehabilitation and social reintegration of adolescents. However, despite the above, the rates of juvenile delinquency in the country have increased significantly, due to the lack of prevention and guidance programs that address criminal behavior, as well as the ineffectiveness of rehabilitation programs and socio-educational measures that have led adolescents to reoffend in the commission of more serious crimes. In this context, this research was carried out using a qualitative methodology, of a bibliographic documentary type, and interviews were also conducted in order to obtain relevant information that contributes to the analysis of the research problem and to the fulfillment of the objectives to be investigated. Therefore, this research work is of great relevance since it analyzes important aspects of the responsibility of adolescent offenders, juvenile delinquency and their judgment