Explanations for the Punitive Turn of Crime Policy in Bolivia, 2006-2016

International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy

Juan E Serrano Moreno¹  Jorg Stippel² 

[1] Universidad Autónoma de Chile;Universidad Central de Chile;

关键词: Bolivia;    criminal policy;    prison population;    penal populism;    punitive turn;   

DOI  :  10.5204/ijcjsd.v7i4.1075

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In the last decade, Bolivia, as with most countries in the region, has seen an unprecedented increase of its prison population. This is often explained as the consequence of a punitive populism sweeping Latin America. Our article investigates what triggered this punitive turn in Bolivia by identifying some of the factors that impact crime policy and growing prison populations since the election of president Evo Morales in 2006. We argue that a complex array of local and international factors and shifts in crime policy to harden approaches to domestic violence led to steep increases in remand populations. Combined with other inefficiencies in the criminal justice system, this led to sustained increases in the prison population throughout most of this period. This study is based on new and previously unstudied statistical data produced by the Bolivian institutions in charge of implementing crime policy.

【 授权许可】

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