RT Article
T1 Gangs, violence, and fear: punitive Darwinism in El Salvador
JF Crime, law and social change
VO 79
IS 2
SP 175
OP 194
A1 Rosen, Jonathan D. 1986-
A2 Cutrona, Sebastián Antonino
A2 Lindquist, Katy
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/184125746X
AB This article evaluates the factors impacting support for tough on crime policies in El Salvador. Examining theoretical and empirical scholarly work, we look at how fear, together with social and political contexts drive public appetite for punitive policies towards criminals. We show that President Nayib Bukele is responding to public opinion and has implemented tough on crime policies at the expense of human rights violations and democratic institutions. Society favors candidates who are the "toughest" against criminal actors. Political candidates from all sides of the ideological spectrum tap into the fear of the populace to win votes, leading to punitive Darwinism. We provide an empirical assessment of which theoretically relevant factors are statistically associated with punitivism in the Salvadoran context, using multiple regression analysis of high-quality public opinion survey data from LAPOP.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 190-194
K1 El Salvador
K1 Gangs
K1 MS-13
K1 Punitive Darwinism
K1 Security
K1 Tough on crime
K1 Violence
DO 10.1007/s10611-022-10040-3