Abstract

MEJIAS RODRIGUEZ, Carlos Alberto. Challenges of criminal law and criminology in Latin America. Rev. IUS [online]. 2014, vol.8, n.34, pp.7-20. ISSN 1870-2147.

The crime reaches unsuspected levels in the American continent and the channels proposed at present don't satisfy the vast majority of citizens that lives in this region; therefore, the search for solutions to conflicts caused by this phenomenon will continue being a constant task. This article examines this problem from the sociopolitical and juridical projections of Criminal Law and Criminology.

Keywords : Crime; criminality; criminal law; criminology; Latin America; criminal justice.

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