Perceptions and evaluations of the implementation of the therapeutic community model in youth orientation centers in Costa Rica

 

Wedi'i Gadw mewn:
Manylion Llyfryddiaeth
Awdur: Masís Méndez, María José
Fformat: artículo original
Statws:Versión publicada
Dyddiad Cyhoeddi:2023
Disgrifiad:Introduction: It starts from critical criminology and criminal legal sociology as epistemic positions to understand how the creation, implementation, and subsequent weakening of the therapeutic community model in youth facilities in Costa Rica. Objective: Specifically, some potentialities and limitations of the implementation of the therapeutic community model and psychological practice are analyzed in accordance with the Organic Law of the Jurisdiction of Minors (LOJTM) and the Juvenile Criminal Justice Law (LJPJ). Method: The qualitative methodological perspective feeds this research and the analysis material is based on semi-structured interviews with key informants (psychology professionals) and documentary review. Results: From the analysis it emerges that the therapeutic community model was implemented in a differentiated way in youth centers. Its implementation was weakened due to social, political and economic changes that began in the eighties and in the following years, which had a negative impact on the work carried out with juvenile offenders. In addition, when contrasting the psychological work within the framework of the LOJTM and the LJPJ, the complex relationship that has prevailed between the legal and psychosocial criteria in these venues is evident. [Continue reading in the article]
Gwlad:Portal de Revistas UCR
Sefydliad:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Iaith:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:archivo.portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/54361
Mynediad Ar-lein:https://archivo.revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/reflexiones/article/view/54361
Allweddair:Sistema penal
Prisión juvenil
Profesionales en psicología
Modelo de comunidad terapéutica
Criminología crítica
Penal system
Juvenile prisons
Professionals in psychology
Therapeutic community model
Critical criminology