Legal reforms, non-custodial sanctions, and parole in Chile
During the past two decades, Chile has enacted several laws and guidelines aimed at reforming and modernizing its criminal justice system, including expanding the use of non-custodial sanctions and reforming the use of parole. Today, most individuals under criminal justice supervision in Chile are s...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2024
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The Routledge handbook on global community corrections
Year: 2024, Pages: 459-478 |
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| Summary: | During the past two decades, Chile has enacted several laws and guidelines aimed at reforming and modernizing its criminal justice system, including expanding the use of non-custodial sanctions and reforming the use of parole. Today, most individuals under criminal justice supervision in Chile are serving non-custodial sentences surpassing the number of individuals serving prison sanctions, and only a small fraction are released from prison under parole. In this chapter, we provide an overview of the reforms and the use of alternatives to incarceration in Chile, exploring the main trends and particularities of each non-custodial sanction and parole. To achieve this goal, we describe the main features of Gendarmería, the agency in charge of all adults’ sanctions in Chile. In addition, we describe the outcomes of each non-custodial sentence and parole, focusing on the recidivism rates found in Gendarmería's reports and academic research. We conclude by suggesting future research areas to better understand and evaluate the use of non-custodial sanctions and parole in Chile. |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 477-478 |
| ISBN: | 9781032294933 |