Community service as the first alternative to imprisonment in Latvia: expectations and reality

Kronberga, Ilona (2016) Community service as the first alternative to imprisonment in Latvia: expectations and reality. Rivista di Criminologia, Vittimologia e Sicurezza, 10 (3). pp. 73-83. ISSN 1971-033X

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Abstract

Nel corso degli ultimi decenni, in Lettonia, le sanzioni penali sono aumentate rapidamente a causa dei cambiamenti significativi, ma non è possibile spiegare dettagliatamente questa situazione in una sola pubblicazione. Pertanto, l’obiettivo di questo articolo è quello di aiutare il lettore a capire come le sanzioni penali si sono sviluppate in Lettonia da 25 anni a questa parte, esaminando quella sanzione penale che, tra le altre, non è legata all’isolamento della persona dalla società. Au cours des dernières décennies en Lettonie, les sanctions pénales ont rapidement évolué en raison de changements significatifs sans qu’il soit possible d’expliquer en détail cette situation dans une seule publication. Le but de cet article est donc d’aider le lecteur à comprendre la manière dont les sanctions pénales se sont développées en Lettonie depuis 25 ans, en examinant la sanction pénale qui, entre autres, n’est pas liée à l’isolement de la personne de la société, c’est-à-dire le service à la communauté. Cet article se base sur l’expérience de longue date de l’auteur dans le domaine de l’application des peines comme sur les résultats du projet « Reducing prison population : advanced tools of justice in Europe ». During the last decades, criminal penalty policy in Latvia has developed rapidly going through particularly significant changes and it is not possible to explain it fully in one publication. The aim of this article is to demonstrate the reader how the criminal penalty policy has developed in Latvia over the last 25 years, analysing one criminal penalty which is not connected to the person's isolation from the society – community service. For the publication, the author's personal experience of many years in the field of criminal penalty implementation and application is used, as well as the results of the project “Reducing prison population: advanced tools of justice in Europe.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: community service; Latvia; criminal penalty policy; prison overcrowding
Subjects: 300 Scienze sociali
Depositing User: Prof.ssa Raffaella Sette
Date Deposited: 10 Jan 2017 12:57
Last Modified: 10 Jan 2017 12:57
URI: http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/15812

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