Addicted to Punishment: the disporportionality of drug laws in Latin America

This document analyzes the proportionality of drug related crimes in seven Latin American countries through the study of the evolution of their criminal legislations from 1950 until 2012. The study suggests the existence of a regional tendency to maximize the use of criminal law for combating this t...

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Autor Principal: Uprimny Yepes, Rodrigo, 1959-; Guzmán Rodríguez, Diana Esther; Parra Norato, Jorge Alberto
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Publicado: Bogotá: Dejusticia 2013
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spelling ir-p17054coll31-1092018-12-04 Addicted to Punishment: the disporportionality of drug laws in Latin America This document analyzes the proportionality of drug related crimes in seven Latin American countries through the study of the evolution of their criminal legislations from 1950 until 2012. The study suggests the existence of a regional tendency to maximize the use of criminal law for combating this type of conducts. This is reflected in: i) the gradual increase in the number of drug-related conducts described as criminal, ii) the exponential growth of the penalties with which those conducts are punished and iii) the incomprehensible tendency of punishing with more severity the drug-related crimes rather than those more evidently severe such as homicide, rape and aggravated robbery. Those upward trends indicate that the Latin American States have become addicted to punishment because of their frequent and empirically groundless increasing of the punitive dose, regardless of its constantly decreasing benefits. Addicted to punishment is part of a series of studies carried out by the Research Consortium on Drugs and the Law (CEDD) that critically analyze the application of the proportionality principle in relation with drug crimes. The studies find that the punishments imposed and the punitive treatment of the offenders is disproportional, often generating more damages than benefits. Description taken from: https://www.dejusticia.org/en/publication/addicted-punishment-disproportionality-drug-laws-latin-america/ Consulte la versión en español en la siguiente URL: http://babel.banrepcultural.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17054coll31/id/22 Uprimny Yepes, Rodrigo, 1959-; Guzmán Rodríguez, Diana Esther; Parra Norato, Jorge Alberto Bogotá: Dejusticia 2013 Libro; Ensayo PDF ENG - Inglés Drogas; Estupefacientes; Narcotráfico; Crímenes; Castigo; Adictos; Normatividad América Latina Ciencias sociales; Ciencias sociales / Derecho; Ciencias sociales / Derecho / Derecho penal; Ciencias sociales / Derecho / Leyes (Estatutos), reglamentaciones, jurisprudencia; Derechos reservados - Dejusticia http://babel.banrepcultural.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17054coll31/id/109
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topic Drogas; Estupefacientes; Narcotráfico; Crímenes; Castigo; Adictos; Normatividad
Ciencias sociales; Ciencias sociales / Derecho; Ciencias sociales / Derecho / Derecho penal; Ciencias sociales / Derecho / Leyes (Estatutos), reglamentaciones, jurisprudencia;
spellingShingle Drogas; Estupefacientes; Narcotráfico; Crímenes; Castigo; Adictos; Normatividad
Ciencias sociales; Ciencias sociales / Derecho; Ciencias sociales / Derecho / Derecho penal; Ciencias sociales / Derecho / Leyes (Estatutos), reglamentaciones, jurisprudencia;
Uprimny Yepes, Rodrigo, 1959-; Guzmán Rodríguez, Diana Esther; Parra Norato, Jorge Alberto
Addicted to Punishment: the disporportionality of drug laws in Latin America
description This document analyzes the proportionality of drug related crimes in seven Latin American countries through the study of the evolution of their criminal legislations from 1950 until 2012. The study suggests the existence of a regional tendency to maximize the use of criminal law for combating this type of conducts. This is reflected in: i) the gradual increase in the number of drug-related conducts described as criminal, ii) the exponential growth of the penalties with which those conducts are punished and iii) the incomprehensible tendency of punishing with more severity the drug-related crimes rather than those more evidently severe such as homicide, rape and aggravated robbery. Those upward trends indicate that the Latin American States have become addicted to punishment because of their frequent and empirically groundless increasing of the punitive dose, regardless of its constantly decreasing benefits. Addicted to punishment is part of a series of studies carried out by the Research Consortium on Drugs and the Law (CEDD) that critically analyze the application of the proportionality principle in relation with drug crimes. The studies find that the punishments imposed and the punitive treatment of the offenders is disproportional, often generating more damages than benefits. Description taken from: https://www.dejusticia.org/en/publication/addicted-punishment-disproportionality-drug-laws-latin-america/ Consulte la versión en español en la siguiente URL: http://babel.banrepcultural.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17054coll31/id/22
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author Uprimny Yepes, Rodrigo, 1959-; Guzmán Rodríguez, Diana Esther; Parra Norato, Jorge Alberto
author_facet Uprimny Yepes, Rodrigo, 1959-; Guzmán Rodríguez, Diana Esther; Parra Norato, Jorge Alberto
author_sort Uprimny Yepes, Rodrigo, 1959-; Guzmán Rodríguez, Diana Esther; Parra Norato, Jorge Alberto
title Addicted to Punishment: the disporportionality of drug laws in Latin America
title_short Addicted to Punishment: the disporportionality of drug laws in Latin America
title_full Addicted to Punishment: the disporportionality of drug laws in Latin America
title_fullStr Addicted to Punishment: the disporportionality of drug laws in Latin America
title_full_unstemmed Addicted to Punishment: the disporportionality of drug laws in Latin America
title_sort addicted to punishment: the disporportionality of drug laws in latin america
publisher Bogotá: Dejusticia
publishDate 2013
url http://babel.banrepcultural.org/cdm/ref/collection/p17054coll31/id/109
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