From Social Rejection to Welfare Oblivion: Health and Mental Health in Juvenile Justice in Brazil, Colombia and Spain

Ángela Carbonell, Sylvia Georgieva, José-Javier Navarro-Pérez () and Mercedes Botija
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Ángela Carbonell: Department of Social Work and Social Services, University of Valencia, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Sylvia Georgieva: Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
José-Javier Navarro-Pérez: Department of Social Work and Social Services, University of Valencia, 46022 Valencia, Spain
Mercedes Botija: Department of Social Work and Social Services, University of Valencia, 46022 Valencia, Spain

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 11, 1-18

Abstract: (1) Background: This study aims to examine and describe the policies of three Latin American countries: Colombia, Brazil, and Spain, and identify how they implement their support systems for health, mental health, mental health for children and adolescents, and juvenile justice systems that support judicial measures with treatment and/or therapeutic approaches specialized in mental health. (2) Methods: Google Scholar, Medline, and Scopus databases were searched to identify and synthesize of the literature. (3) Results: Three shared categories were extracted to construct the defining features of public policies on mental health care in juvenile justice: (i.) models of health and mental health care, (ii.) community-based child and adolescent mental health care, and (iii.) mental health care and treatment in juvenile justice. (4) Conclusions: Juvenile justice in these three countries lacks a specialized system to deal with this problem, nor have procedures been designed to specifically address these situations within the framework of children’s rights.

Keywords: mental health care; care systems; juvenile justice; Brazil; Colombia; Spain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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