Statistical Data Bulletin on Measures Imposed on Minors in Conflict with the Law

This is a Statistical Bulletin in force since 2001 following the implementation of the Organic Law 5/2000, of January 12, regulating the criminal responsibility of minors, which annually provides data on measures imposed on juvenile offenders, notified and executed by the Autonomous Communities, both those of internment and those of open environment. It is issued annually.

For the preparation of the Bulletin, the data received directly from the autonomous Communities and cities are used, in relation to the application of Organic Law 5/2000. These data are recorded by the various public entities competent in the matter, in accordance with article 45 of the aforementioned law, which establishes in its first section that: “The execution of the measures adopted by the Juvenile Judges in their final judgments is the responsibility of the Autonomous Communities and the cities of Ceuta and Melilla, in accordance with the twenty-second final provision of Organic Law 1/1996, of January 15, on the Legal Protection of Minors. These public entities will carry out, in accordance with their respective organizational norms, the creation, direction, organization and management of services, institutions and programs appropriate to ensure the correct execution of the measures contemplated in this Law”.

For data collection, the tool BOLETINF is used, previously described for the Protection Bulletin, except that instead of Protection Technicians of the Autonomous Communities being responsible for its online completion, it is the Technicians of the juvenile justice system.

The content of the Bulletin of statistical data on measures imposed on minors in conflict with the law focuses on the following data: measures notified and executed from art. 7 of Organic Law 5/2000 broken down by age group and gender; precautionary measures notified and executed throughout the year with breakdown by gender and age groups; extrajudicial mediation measures notified and executed with the same breakdown; and since 2020, including sections of minors with protection files, implementation measures, alternatives to judicial measures, number of centers and penitentiary system; all with their temporal evolution.