The rebirth of the prison in Latin America: determinants, regimes and social effects

Throughout the last three decades, almost all Latin American countries witnessed a dramatic growth of their inmate population that is indicative of the rebirth of the prison in the region. This article contextualizes the rebirth of the prison in contemporary Latin America in empirical and theoretica...

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Main Author: Hathazy, Paul (Author)
Contributors: Müller, Markus-Michael
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2016
In: Crime, law and social change
Year: 2016, Volume: 65, Issue: 3, Pages: 113-135
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Latin American State
Organize Crime
Party System
Prison Life
Prison System
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Summary:Throughout the last three decades, almost all Latin American countries witnessed a dramatic growth of their inmate population that is indicative of the rebirth of the prison in the region. This article contextualizes the rebirth of the prison in contemporary Latin America in empirical and theoretical terms. To this end, it offers a discussion of the expansion of Latin American imprisonment, changes in the region’s prison regimes and their embeddedness within wider social and economic contexts, as well as of the impact of institutional histories, larger economic and political transformation processes and globally circulating penal ideas and institutional models, all of which contribute to the growing punitiveness of contemporary Latin America states and politics.
Item Description:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 132-135
ISSN:1573-0751
DOI:10.1007/s10611-015-9580-8