Current debate about the theories of punishment and its impact on the process of judicial individualization

The present paper describes the current debate about the criminal punishment purpose, as the element that legitimates its imposition. Thus, the author analyses the existent theories to determine how the affect the judicial individualization. As culmination, there is a review of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Marín de Espinosa Ceballos, Elena B.
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2019
Country:Perú
Institution:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repository:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/21209
Online Access:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/derechoysociedad/article/view/21209
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Criminal punishment
purpose of criminal punishment
proportionality
punishability
Pena
individualización judicial
proporcionalidad
punibilidad
fin de la pena
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Summary:The present paper describes the current debate about the criminal punishment purpose, as the element that legitimates its imposition. Thus, the author analyses the existent theories to determine how the affect the judicial individualization. As culmination, there is a review of the current practical application of criminal punishment purpose in juridical system, to make some recommendations to be applied.