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Revista Española de Sanidad Penitenciaria
versión On-line ISSN 2013-6463versión impresa ISSN 1575-0620
Resumen
MOLINEDO-QUILEZ, MP. Psychosocial risk factors in young offenders. Rev. esp. sanid. penit. [online]. 2020, vol.22, n.3, pp.104-111. Epub 07-Dic-2020. ISSN 2013-6463. https://dx.doi.org/10.18176/resp.00019.
Introduction:
Juvenile delinquency is a multi-causal social phenomenon, in which socio-cultural and economic, family and individual factors are interrelated. In young people with a greater number of associated risk factors, the measures seem to be insufficient, both in open and closed environments, since the rate of recidivism is higher.
Objective:
Identify the psychosocial risk factors that exist at intra and interpersonal level in juvenile offenders, as well as determine if these factors are interrelated.
Material and method:
A literature review of articles found in different databases was carried out. The articles containing the key words selected at the beginning of the study were reviewed, and of all of them, those that met the established inclusion requirements, which are date of publication and language, were included.
Results:
The results of all the studies analyzed confirm the idea that a greater number of psychosocial risk factors occur in young offenders than in normalized young people. There are factors related to a family that has inadequate socialization styles, even negligent ones, accentuated by very substandard economic situations that are usually present. Along with this, the consumption of substances is a variable that is repeated continuously in these young people; united to a group of deviant pairs, that favor the appearance of criminal behaviours.
Conclusion:
It is possible to identify the main psychosocial risk factors that occur in young offenders, and define an interrelation between these factors, but it is not linear nor can it be homogenized. More resources and prevention programs, as well as intervention, are needed at the individual, family and community levels.
Palabras clave : juvenile delinquency; minors; risk factors; psychosocial deprivation; prisons; risk groups; health risk behaviours; psychosocial support systems.