Criminological analysis of variables that influence the increase in the prison population in Peru between the years 2007 to 2022

Jiménez O.P.; Ticona C.A.B.; Paredes J.S.P. · Politica Criminal (2024) · DOI: 10.4067/s0718-33992024000100250

Resumen

In Peru, the excessive increase in the prison population turns out to be one of the most complex problems faced by the State in the framework of its prison policies. The purpose of this research is to determine the factors that have influenced the increase in the prison population in Peru between 2007 and 2022. The methodology used is explanatory with a mixed approach, divided into two stages: first, literature review with qualitative analysis and a second stage of empirical analysis with a quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional approach. The main result was the trend of increase in the prison population in Peru in the last fifteen years. At the conclusion level, it has been possible to determine that the most influential factors in the increase in the penitentiary population in Peru between the years 2007 and 2022 are the high rate difference between the admissions and discharges of inmates to penal establishments, the disproportionate increase in sentences that generate a longer stay in penitentiary establishments, the prohibition of extramural penitentiary benefits and the excessive use of preventive detention.

Instituciones: Universidad Privada de Tacna; Universidad Nacional Jorge Basadre Grohmann