Mediation as a procedural guarantee in juvenile offender cases in Guayaquil, Ecuador

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Mediation, procedural guarantee, adolescent offenders

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This scientific article, which initially hypothesized the legal possibility of implementing mediation, in the case of judging adolescent offenders, after the implementation of a qualitative research approach, with the application of bibliographic review methods, analytical- synthetic, the exegetical and the inductive method. All that allow us to achieve the general objective set, consisting of: Evaluate the impact of mediation as an alternative method of conflict resolution on the perception of justice by adolescent offenders in Guayaquil, and its effectiveness in achieving results of reintegration and parity. between the affected parties. Unfortunately, the results support that the lack of civil capacity of adolescents does not allow them to negotiate and that when it comes to possible criminal responsibility, this being non-transferable and very personal, an adult, occupying the place and grade of an adolescent offender. Well, mediation can only be carried out in the criminal sphere, for the commission of criminal infractions, by whoever commits said infraction.

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2025-05-01

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Betty-Giler, Y. T., Gaibor-Rodríguez, N. N., & García-Segarra, H. G. (2025). Mediation as a procedural guarantee in juvenile offender cases in Guayaquil, Ecuador. Revista UGC, 3(2), 149–156. Retrieved from https://universidadugc.edu.mx/ojs/index.php/rugc/article/view/137

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Vol. 3 No. 2 (2025): Crecimiento económico y desarrollo social sostenible (Mayo-agosto)

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