Management and educational practices in re-education centers of Comunitat Valenciana

Abstract

In the present communication aspects that define the political rehabilitation of Valencia are analyzed. The role of rehabilitation centers and educational practices are evaluated, for it’s taken as indicators as coordination mechanisms with the open environment, relations with the community, the proportion of investment spending and public administration performed on the juvenile justice system, the public policy commitment to integration of teen in conflict with the law, etc. The research is mainly qualitative, based on the analysis of in-depth professional and life stories of teens complemented with documentary data provided background information. The main conclusion suggests that the re-education policy to a risk management model, moving away from the international recommendations, specifically those that refer to a community-based model. Evidence was also found to announce the absence of a roadmap drawn up by the regional entity assuming the responsibilities in this area, producing absolute differences between the centers, predominantly punitive-sanctioning model versus an educational model - inclusive (only in one of the investigated centers). All this is covered with a single regulatory legal framework and public policy in the same rehabilitation

Keywords

• Justicia juvenil
• Responsabilidad pública
• Modelos de intervención
• Comunidad