Abstract

Objectives and purpose of the work: The objective of the investigation was to determine the factors that influence the commission of crimes against sexual freedom by recidivist adolescent offenders.

Materials and methods: For the purposes of the study, 12 judicial files of adolescent offenders who committed crimes against sexual freedom and who were admitted in the “José Abelardo Quiñones Gonzales” Youth Center for Diagnosis and Rehabilitation in the city of Chiclayo, region of Lambayeque-Peru, were analyzed. The method used was that of a non-experimental, transactional, or descriptive cross-sectional design and the instrument in use was that of collecting data from the judicial files of 12 recidivist adolescent offenders. The study was developed in 2016.

Results:  The research showed that the factors that influence the commission of sexual crimes by recidivist adolescent offenders, were of 2 types: family type and psychological type.

Conclusions: As a result of this research, it was concluded that the factors that most influence recidivist adolescent offenders in crimes against sexual freedom are the family factor and the psychological one, the family factor being the most influential.