The Salvadoran Criminal Justice System
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6193306 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Bernard C Cohen (The Graduate Center, CUNY, corresponding author), Bernard Cohen |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 171-188 |
| Publication date | 1990-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0192-4036 • E-ISSN: 2157-6475 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/01924036.1990.9688937 |
| OpenAlex | W2044856601 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 2 |
This research analyzes comparative data on offenders, offenses, sentences, and dispositions for El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and the United States. This paper is based upon a larger research project examining political death and homicide in El Salvador through 1984. The analysis examines the effectiveness of the Salvadoran criminal justice system before and after initiation of Its civil war. The statistics showed that El Salvador's capacity to investigate homicides and detect murder suspects had improved over the last 10 years or so, whereas its ability and length of time to prosecute, try, sentence, and commit offenders had deteriorated over this same period. Substantial numbers of Salvadoran criminals were apprehended, arrested, tried, sentenced, and incarcerated for routine crimes of violence and property. On the other hand virtually none of the perpetrators of thousands of political murders were apprehended by the Salvadoran Government despite the increase in arrest and sentencing for routine homicides. This may be indicative of a lack of commitment by the Salvadoran Government to deal with political killings by death squads
Commit · Criminal justice · Criminology · Economic Justice · Homicide · Poison control · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Suicide prevention · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |