Punishment in Latin America. Explorations from the margins I

Session Submission Type: Roundtable

Abstract

This roundtable presents a series of works into various aspects of legal punishment in Latin America that form part of the book Punishment in Latin America. Explorations from the margins (Emerald), edited by Luiz dal Santo and Máximo Sozzo, published at the end of 2024. They explore different specific themes - from overcriminalisation to the managerialisation of criminal justice, from the Americanisation of criminal justice to prison management styles - referring fundamentally to the Argentinean and Chilean scenarios. But in all of them there is a key reflection on what it means to try to account for penality in and for the ‘margins’, recognising how and why relations of inequality and subordination at different levels in relation to central scenarios must be included in our investigations and the outcomes that such inclusion produces.

Subtopic

• Topic 5: Social Control and Criminal Justice / Penology and Theories Punishment (Crime, Science and Politics WG )

Chair

• Maximo Sozzo, Universidad de A Coruña / Universidad Nacional del Litoral

Individual Presentations

• Contemporary prison managementin Chile: Disputes about order - Olga Espinoza, Universidad de Chile

• Criminal Justice Reform, Americanization, and Conviction without Trial in Argentina - Maximo Sozzo, Universidad de A Coruña / Universidad Nacional del Litoral

• Southern Green Victimology: A Look at the Cycle of Environmental Harms, Resistance and Over-criminalisation - Valeria E Vegh Weis, Konstanz University