Avanzando hacia una 'child-friendly justice'. Un estudio sobre la accesibilidad de la justicia juvenil española /Moving towards 'child-friendly justice'. A study of the Spanish juvenile justice system's accessibility

In 2010, the Council of Europe adopted guidelines on child-friendly justice. The specialized language that is used in the courtroom is one of the main obstacles to the accessibility of justice. A quasi-experimental design was conducted to evaluate the degree to which juveniles understood some legal...

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Published in:Boletín criminológico 2015-07 (157), p.1
Main Authors: Molina, Esther Fernández, Martos, Beatriz Blanco
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Subjects:
Judicial process
Juvenile courts
Juvenile justice
Legal studies
Minors
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Summary:In 2010, the Council of Europe adopted guidelines on child-friendly justice. The specialized language that is used in the courtroom is one of the main obstacles to the accessibility of justice. A quasi-experimental design was conducted to evaluate the degree to which juveniles understood some legal documents and their level of knowledge of legal terms. The results of this study indicate that the language used in juvenile proceedings is replete with words that juveniles do not understand. Furthermore, findings show that the readability level is too high therefore, the capacity required to understand legal texts exceeds the reading comprehension level that can be expected of adolescents.
ISSN:1137-2427
2254-2043