The Costa Rican penitentiary system: punitive political decisions and the paradox of a substitutive model to prison abuse

This paper presents a critical analysis of the punitive approach adopted by Costa Rica in the last decades. Using data of the impact that this has had on the prison system, the authors reflect on some legal reforms that show that, rather than have created comprehensive policies to address deep socia...

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Autores: Gómez, Maricel, Feoli Villalobos, Marco
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:Costa Rica
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/49643
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/ciep/article/view/49643
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Criminal system
Punitivism
Alternatives to incarceration
Prison
Prison overcrowding
Sistema penal
Punitivismo
Medidas alternativas
Prisión
Hacinamiento carcelario
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spelling The Costa Rican penitentiary system: punitive political decisions and the paradox of a substitutive model to prison abuseEl sistema penitenciario costarricense: decisiones políticas punitivistas y la paradoja de un modelo sustitutivo al abuso de la prisiónGómez, MaricelFeoli Villalobos, MarcoCriminal systemPunitivismAlternatives to incarcerationPrisonPrison overcrowdingSistema penalPunitivismoMedidas alternativasPrisiónHacinamiento carcelarioThis paper presents a critical analysis of the punitive approach adopted by Costa Rica in the last decades. Using data of the impact that this has had on the prison system, the authors reflect on some legal reforms that show that, rather than have created comprehensive policies to address deep social problems such as gender violence or drug trafficking, they have been used as a symbolic resource of the tough on crime policies. Lastly, they offer a different view of the possibility to continue to incorporate punitive responses other than imprisonment in the country given the results that these seem to demonstrate in terms of recidivism.El trabajo plantea una visión crítica del avance de discursos y políticas punitivistas en Costa Rica en las últimas décadas. Con datos respecto al impacto que aquello ha tenido en el sistema penitenciario, los autores reflexionan sobre algunas reformas legales que evidencian el uso que se ha hecho en el país de las propuestas de mano dura más como un recurso simbólico que como políticas integrales que aborden problemas sociales profundos como la violencia de género o el tráfico de estupefacientes. Por último, ofrecen una visión alternativa sobre la posibilidad de seguir incorporando en el país respuestas sancionatorias distintas al encierro dados los resultados que estos parecen demostrar en términos de reincidencia delictiva.Centro de Investigación y Estudios Políticos2022-06-30info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionPeer-reviewed articleArtículo evaluado por paresartículo originalhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_2df8fbb1info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfapplication/epub+ziphttps://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/ciep/article/view/4964310.15517/aciep.v0i13.49643Anuario Centro de Investigación y Estudios Políticos; No. 13 (2022): ; 11-41Anuario Centro de Investigación y Estudios Políticos; Núm. 13 (2022): ; 11-412215-28732215-2806reponame:Portal de Revistas UCRinstname:Universidad de Costa Ricainstacron:UCRspahttps://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/ciep/article/view/49643/51615https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/ciep/article/view/49643/51616Derechos de autor 2022 Marco Feoli y Maricel Gomezacceso abiertohttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess2023-04-25T20:27:30Zoai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/49643Portal de revistashttps://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/Universidadhttp://www.ucr.ac.crhttps://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/index/oaijorge.polanco@ucr.ac.crCosta RicaNo aplicaNo aplicaNo aplicaopendoar:2025-08-13T10:43:30.177Portal de Revistas UCR - Universidad de Costa Ricafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Costa Rican penitentiary system: punitive political decisions and the paradox of a substitutive model to prison abuse
El sistema penitenciario costarricense: decisiones políticas punitivistas y la paradoja de un modelo sustitutivo al abuso de la prisión
title The Costa Rican penitentiary system: punitive political decisions and the paradox of a substitutive model to prison abuse
spellingShingle The Costa Rican penitentiary system: punitive political decisions and the paradox of a substitutive model to prison abuse
Gómez, Maricel
Criminal system
Punitivism
Alternatives to incarceration
Prison
Prison overcrowding
Sistema penal
Punitivismo
Medidas alternativas
Prisión
Hacinamiento carcelario
title_short The Costa Rican penitentiary system: punitive political decisions and the paradox of a substitutive model to prison abuse
title_full The Costa Rican penitentiary system: punitive political decisions and the paradox of a substitutive model to prison abuse
title_fullStr The Costa Rican penitentiary system: punitive political decisions and the paradox of a substitutive model to prison abuse
title_full_unstemmed The Costa Rican penitentiary system: punitive political decisions and the paradox of a substitutive model to prison abuse
title_sort The Costa Rican penitentiary system: punitive political decisions and the paradox of a substitutive model to prison abuse
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Gómez, Maricel
Feoli Villalobos, Marco
author Gómez, Maricel
author_facet Gómez, Maricel
Feoli Villalobos, Marco
author_role author
author2 Feoli Villalobos, Marco
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Criminal system
Punitivism
Alternatives to incarceration
Prison
Prison overcrowding
Sistema penal
Punitivismo
Medidas alternativas
Prisión
Hacinamiento carcelario
topic Criminal system
Punitivism
Alternatives to incarceration
Prison
Prison overcrowding
Sistema penal
Punitivismo
Medidas alternativas
Prisión
Hacinamiento carcelario
description This paper presents a critical analysis of the punitive approach adopted by Costa Rica in the last decades. Using data of the impact that this has had on the prison system, the authors reflect on some legal reforms that show that, rather than have created comprehensive policies to address deep social problems such as gender violence or drug trafficking, they have been used as a symbolic resource of the tough on crime policies. Lastly, they offer a different view of the possibility to continue to incorporate punitive responses other than imprisonment in the country given the results that these seem to demonstrate in terms of recidivism.
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dc.source.none.fl_str_mv Anuario Centro de Investigación y Estudios Políticos; No. 13 (2022): ; 11-41
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