Why Children Obey the Law: Rethinking Juvenile Justice and Children's Rights in Europe through Procedural Justice

Bernuz Beneitez, M.J. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Dumortier, E.

Resumen: This article explores how the idea of procedural justice can help us to rethink juvenile justice and research children''s rights in Europe differently. To frame the following argument, we will question four implications of the procedural justice perspective: 1) the need to implement rights and not just proclaim them, 2) the need to investigate a double perspective'' on children''s rights implying both juvenile justice professionals and children in conflict with the law, 3) the child''s right to effectively participate and be involved in the process and 4) the idea that age matters in the judicial reaction to crime. The resulting conclusions and discussions revolve around the scientific consequences and challenges we must face when we take procedural justice perspective seriously.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1177/1473225417741225

Año: 2018

Publicado en: Youth justice 18, 1 (2018), 34-51
ISSN: 1473-2254

Factor impacto JCR: 1.0 (2018)

Categ. JCR: CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY rank: 46 / 65 = 0.708 (2018) - Q3 - T3

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.464 - Law (Q2) - Developmental and Educational Psychology (Q2)

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Filosofía del Derecho (Dpto. Dcho.Pe.,Filos.D.e Hª D.)