Social exclusion, criminal policy and criminal responsibility in Peru: a reinterpretation of article 15 of the criminal code

The permanent situation of social exclusion experienced by some people in Peru requires that the criminal system give them special treatment for certain criminal acts in order to implement a criminal policy in accordance with a Social and Democratic State of Law. This paper critically analyzes the c...

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Autor: Chanjan Documet, Rafael
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:Perú
Recursos:Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Repositorio:Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/33127
Acesso em linha:http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/iusetveritas/article/view/33127
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Exclusión social
Política criminal peruana
Culpabilidad penal
Derecho Penal
Perú
Social exclusion
Peruvian criminal policy
Criminal
Culpability
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Resumo:The permanent situation of social exclusion experienced by some people in Peru requires that the criminal system give them special treatment for certain criminal acts in order to implement a criminal policy in accordance with a Social and Democratic State of Law. This paper critically analyzes the current Peruvian criminal policy model, which has a punitive or “soft hand” treatment depending the type of crime, and which tends to perpetuate and aggravate the situation of social exclusion of some groups, not significantly reducing crime rates. Therefore, a reflection is proposed on the dogmatic category of culpability, specifically exigibility, in order to exonerate or reduce the criminal responsibility of these people for certain types of crimes, reinterpreting article 15 of the Peruvian Criminal Code.