📋 Tender Overview
Study is part of the management to promote crime prevention and resocialization in the country. The Ministry of Justice and Human Rights (MINJUSDH) will present the results of the II National Population Census in Youth Centers, which was carried out with the purpose of generating useful and timely evidence that supports the fight against crime in the country and promotes resocialization.
The activity will take place on Tuesday, June 25, at 6 p.m., in the MINJUSDH auditorium. The presentation of these indicators on the social and family characteristics of adolescents in youth centers will allow the design of specialized prevention measures to change the course of young people.
The Census was applied in the youth centers of Lima, Piura, Pucallpa, Junin, Trujillo, Chiclayo, Cusco and Arequipa. He was in charge of the team of the National Criminal Policy Observatory - INDAGA, of the General Directorate of Criminological Affairs of the MINJUSDH, with the support of the National Program of Youth Centers (PRONACEJ).
The census collects the testimonies of 1,820 adolescents, and will improve the information available to build criminological profiles, measure the progress of the juvenile justice system and design new policies and interventions to reduce crime in Peru.
The study absorbed information on various topics of adolescents in conflict with criminal law, such as sociodemographic characteristics, the situation of the criminal offense, living conditions in juvenile centers and compliance with human rights protocols.
