(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2024-11-29) Benites Guerrero, Sebastián Darío; Zorrilla Vargas, Nataly Vanessa; Tito Santa Cruz, Kerly M.
"It has been identified that the most frequent crimes among young people in youth centers in Peru are: aggravated robbery, sex crimes, illicit drug trafficking, and homicide. These types of crime are usually studied from associated factors that are similar, incorporating psychological and sociological variables. However, there are nuances and contrasts in the profiles of young people depending on the type of crime recorded.
Therefore, this research proposes a comparative analysis of the four types of crimes mentioned. The objective is to show contrast between the profiles of young people according to associated factors and to indicate if any of these acquire greater explanatory force for one crime or another. For this, the research was carried out using a quantitative methodology, analyzing the data provided by the Population Survey of Juvenile Detention Centers during 2022. Logistic regressions were carried out to show the contrast between the types of crime and the associated factors.
The results of the research show contrasting profiles according to some key factors. Some of these findings are: the association of criminal gangs with the crime of homicide, factors linked to the biographical history in the childhood stage with the sex crimes, and the influence of peers and educational dropout in the case of aggravated robbery. In the case of adolescents who committed drug trafficking, an exploration of other types of factors is required; those used did not generate a contrasting profile."
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2024-11-29) Espinoza Prado, Gelin Pilar; Gutiérrez Sánchez, Nicolás; Mena López, Santiago Alonso
This article analyzes the differences in the design and implementation of electronic personal surveillance (EPS) policies in Peru and Colombia, from their first attempts in 2007 to date. Using a comparative political analysis approach, it explores the factors that explain the gap in outcomes, despite the adoption of similar policies. The article uses the theory of policy transfer as a differentiating element: Colombia implemented its policy progressively, relying on pilot projects and making adjustments to the original design according to the results. Peru, on the other hand, in trying to replicate Colombia's initial success, opted for a national implementation without pilot stages, which resulted in a much more limited impact. This process of design by replication of Colombian legislation and direct implementation would have made it difficult for Peru to address the future obstacles of funding, lack of necessary infrastructure and communication of this prison benefit to key actors. Through comparison, this paper shows that prospective design and implementation and the lack of adaptation to national and local realities were the main obstacles to the successful implementation of an EPS policy in Peru. On the other hand, a progressive, flexible and contextualized implementation, as in the Colombian case, allows for more effective results in the application of public policies, even in contexts of low state capacity. Finally, it is noted that the results in Colombia do not have a sufficiently large impact on its public problem to fully qualify as a “success case” in a broader sense, but they do when compared to the insignificant results in Peru.
(Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, 2024-11-29) Carbajal, Álvaro
Corruption is a phenomenon deeply rooted in Peruvian republican history. Since the viceregal era, corruption scandals in the public apparatus have been recurrent. However, starting in the second half of the 2010s, when the international scandal known as “Lava Jato” was uncovered (from which Peruvian politics could not escape), corruption began to be used as an argument that triggered several presidential crises in Peru. Thus, various political control mechanisms, both in the Executive and the Legislative, were based on the fight against corruption to attack the rival power. In that sense, based on the qualitative analysis of the various documents presented, the arguments from both the Executive and Legislative Branches will be analyzed. These documents will be analyzed from the website of the Congress of the Republic of Peru. Finally, it is observed that corruption was used recurrently as an argument to delegitimize a State power in the midst of the fight between the government and Congress.