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Submitted March 29, 2023
Published 2023-03-31

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Vol. 7 No. 2 (2023): Revista Científica Guacamaya

Criminal policy and the new code of criminal procedures in Panama


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Published: 2023-03-31

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Peñalba R., L. G. (2023). Criminal policy and the new code of criminal procedures in Panama. Revista Científica Guacamaya, 7(2), 150–165. Retrieved from https://revistas.up.ac.pa/index.php/guacamaya/article/view/3710

Abstract

The crisis that was experienced in the country due to the mixed inquisitive criminal system, which are caused by an unstable judicial delay, the devaluation and lack of credibility of said system, due to the corruption that the mixed inquisitive system had reached , led to a change mainly in the institution itself and the way in which the work is carried out by justice operators and public users, which led to the implementation of the accusatory criminal system with law 63 of August 28, 2008 The criminal policy is essential to maintain the peace of the whole society, in Panama it is necessary to bet on a comprehensive criminal policy, in order to achieve a reduction in crime rates and an effective application of criminal regulations. This paper will review the criminal policy involved in the creation of this new criminal procedure system, implemented in Panama, and will analyze how the country is currently doing in terms of criminal policy from the perspective of crime prevention and prosecution, considering the contextualization of the new ways of prosecuting criminal cases. For this reason, the author promoted the investigation from two vertices; On the one hand, what it is, what and how criminal policy is implemented in Panama, and its adaptation and implementation through Law 63 of August 28, 2008, which creates and adopts the Criminal Procedure Code, under the adjective of the Accusatory Penal System.

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