This paper presents the results of a study that links information from the prison system with information from the Spanish Social Security System in order to study the employability of former inmat...

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Effects of prison work programmes on the employability of ex-prisoners:

La violencia de los jóvenes en la familia: Una aproximación a los menores denunciados por sus padres

The suspended sentence, along with the fine, is the most commonly used alternative to prison in Spain. This sentence is generally regarded as a good sanction because it avoids the personal and financial costs of prison for occasional offenders which are not in need of rehabilitation. The main aim of this article is to present data and empirical research about the effectiveness of the suspended sentence with respect to its two main goals: reducing the use of prison and preventing offenders from re-offending. The data appear to suggest that this is an effective sentence in these terms, but the article also raises questions about the need to replace suspended sentences with more rehabilitative orders in some special cases.

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Suspended sentences in Spain: Decarceration and recidivism

Community service orders, or work for the benefit of the community orders, were introduced in Spanish legislation with the 1995 Criminal Code. Its practical use was until recently scant, and has since 2008 exploded in numerical terms. After describing the legal framework and aims of this sanction, this paper focuses on recent developments in the use of this penalty and in implementation and supervision practices. It draws from analysis of Parliamentary debates, sentences passed by judges, official statistics and other official documents, and interviews with judges, public prosecutors, supervisors and senior civil servants responsible for implementation.

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‘It Could Be Us’: Recent Transformations in the Use of Community Service as a Punishment in Spain:

In this article we examine how early conditional release measures for offenders are revoked in Spain. For this purpose we analyse the legal framework of revocation, paying special attention to the criteria and the procedures legally established. We also take a look to the practice of revocation by discussing relevant statistics and the case law on this subject. Finally, we raise some critical points on the Spanish system of revocation suggesting some changes inspired by the principle of revocation as a last resort.

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Revoking Early Conditional Release Measures in Spain

La reincidència penitenciària a Catalunya

La classificacio dels interns penats en algun dels graus penitenciaris previstos a l’ordenament juridic espanyol es una de les funcions i tasques de l’Administracio penitenciaria. La classificacio inicial en regim obert es una d’aquestes possibles modalitats de classificacio per a un determinat conjunt de persones que complien els requisits. Aquesta modalitat de classificacio ha estat fins ara poc coneguda i sovint incompresa per part de la societats, ja que s’associa amb la llibertat definitiva de l’intern sense cap tipus de control.
La finalitat de la recerca es precisament donar a coneixer els resultats d’aquesta aplicacio en el conjunt de penats que l’any 2001 varen accedir a aquesta modalitat i se’ls va seguir fins a octubre de 2005, per saber la seva trajectoria i s’hi havia reincidit. Tambe es va constituir un grup de contrast amb interns classificats en segon grau, per contrastar les diferencies entre ambdos col·lectius.

Marta Ferrer

Papers

La reincidència penitenciària a Catalunya

La classificació inicial en règim obert dels condemnats a presó