Conocimientos, prácticas y representaciones institucionales: La caja negra de la justicia penal para adolescentes colombianos
(Knowledge, practices and institutional representations: The black box of the juvenile justice in Colombia)
Keywords:
Justicia penal para adolescentes, campo jurídico, proceso penal, sistema jurídico, representación social, Colombia, Youth criminal justice, legal field, criminal process, legal system, social representationAbstract
“Lo jurídico” es cerrado: es una caja negra. Mientras que hay novelas que describen este imaginario intangible, el concepto de campo jurídico de Pierre Bourdieu pretende entender el funcionamiento de la justicia. A partir de este marco se analiza la justicia penal para adolescentes en Colombia que debe solucionar múltiples exigencias: el hecho punible y el restablecimiento de derechos. La metodología consistió en un análisis cualitativo de entrevistas en profundidad con funcionarios y funcionarias de la justicia penal para adolescentes, conducidas en tres juzgados de menores en Colombia. Se concluye que los problemas de tiempo, de saber y de imposición influyen constantemente en el control de la justicia penal para adolescentes. En el proceso importan también las expectativas compartidas sobre las instituciones de esta justicia. Estos hallazgos evidencian el potencial sociológico para indagar dentro de la caja negra de la justicia. De esta forma, el trabajo aporta una mejor caracterización del campo jurídico en sociedades latinoamericanas.
Law seems to be closed: it is a black box. While literature describes this intangible imaginary, Pierre Bourdieu's concept of the legal field pretends to understand the mechanisms of law. This framework is helpful to analyze juvenile justice in Colombia that must solve multiple demands: the criminal conduct and the restoration of rights. The methodology consisted of a qualitative analysis of in-depth interview data conduced in three juvenile courts in Colombia. Interviews were conducted with public officials working with the juvenile criminal law. The conclusion is that problems of time, knowledge and imposition have an impact on the control of juvenile criminal justice. Shared expectations about the institutions of this justice are also important in the process. These findings show the sociological potential when taking a closer look to the “black box” of criminal justice. It contributes to broaden the understanding of the legal fields in Latin American societies.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1179
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