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One of the most significant challenges facing society is the development of effective mechanisms that can ensure the security of citizens while facilitating comprehensive economic and social advancement. This study identifies the commercial areas of Bogotá, Colombia, which are critical points in terms of security, and proposes a strategic allocation of police resources in order to optimise their coverage and response times. The methodological process was executed in accordance with the guidelines set forth in the Cross-Industry Standard Process for Data Mining. Geospatial analysis techniques were employed, including the Density-Based Spatial Clustering of Applications with Noise (DBSCAN) algorithm to identify commercial zones and the graph theory to model the security network. Additionally, data from the Special Administrative Unit of Land Registry and the locations of National Police stations and precincts were utilised. The results demonstrate the identification of 241 commercial zones in Bogotá and propose a strategic allocation of police resources based on degree centrality and a stable matching algorithm. The integration of related techniques allowed for the generation of an innovative approach that combines the accurate identification of critical commercial zones with a data-driven optimisation of police resources. This not only increases the understanding of security dynamics in urban commercial areas, but also provides a robust public safety decision-making tool for the city. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article reviews the book "DUNNING HARASSMENT OR HARASSMENT OF THE DEBTOR. IS IT A CRIMINAL ACTIVITY?" by Jacinto Pérez Arias, highlighting its originality and relevance in the legal field. It focuses on the phenomenon of harassment of debtors, analyzing its legal implications and the protection of debtors' rights. The author proposes the creation of a new criminal offense to address this problem, emphasizing the need for specific regulation in the judicial system. [Extracted from the article]

The article summarizes the rulings of the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court corresponding to the second semester of 2024. Topics such as the application of the mitigating factor of undue delays in a case of sexual abuse, freedom of expression, crimes against industrial property, and the protection of brand exclusivity are discussed. The ruling of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court addresses the criminal treatment of "stealthing" and tainted consent in sexual relationships. It also analyzes the criminal protection of brand exclusivity, freedom of expression in defamation and slander crimes, and the crime of disclosure and revelation of trade secrets. [Extracted from the article]

The new criminological reality that threatens and damages the legal object in the crime of illegal appointment justifies assessing the efficiency of the rule that punishes illegal appointments. Therefore, an analysis of the crime of illegal appointment will be made. Then, a rethinking of the legal good protected in this rule will be presented, followed by a reflection on some circumstances that corrupt being unprotected should be protected in Spanish society. Finally, conclusions will be presented. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Since 2010, legal entities can be held "criminally" liable for crimes committed by their members if certain requirements are met. In the Penal Code, the catalog of crimes for which legal entities can be held "criminally" liable has been expanded over the years. However, the fact that these entities cannot be convicted for the commission of certain crimes, in particular crimes against workers' rights, remains highly criticized. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In Ecuador, there are severe laws that punish the crime of rape, where one of its clauses is aimed at recognizing as rape having sexual relations with minors under 14 years of age, and as aggravating factors, the consequences that this crime causes, giving a special provision to incestuous rape. This article presents real figures taken from the Pan American Health Organization, the World Health Organization, the National Institute of Censuses, which recently conducted one, among other organizations related to the topic, whose results are scandalous and at the same time evidence the sexual violence and danger to which Ecuadorian children are exposed daily. With the results, several conclusions will be drawn that highlight the precarious life that a minor has in this state, which has thousands of written guarantees but does not comply with any in practice. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article analyses the criminological foundations of confiscation of the proceeds of crime and the international evolution of this figure in recent decades within the framework of the political-criminal strategy aimed at recovering assets from criminal activities. To this end, a qualitative model based on doctrinal analysis and comparative criminal policy has been followed as research methods. The article shows the growing importance of confiscation as a situational prevention tool, focusing on the absorption of criminal assets to discourage the so-called "profit crime." The most recent modality is analyzed, the "confiscation of unexplained assets linked to criminal behavior," introduced by Directive (EU) 2024/1260, as a resource to improve the effectiveness of asset recovery. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article empirically contrasts relevant hypotheses to explain the distribution of lynchings in Mexican municipalities during the period 2015-2020. Considering the dynamics of violence derived from organized crime in Mexico, it seeks to determine whether these events of collective violence at the municipal level are related to the presence of criminal organizations. Likewise, two explanatory hypotheses of lynching that have prevailed in the specialized literature are tested: the deficient presence of the state and the accumulation of socioeconomic disadvantages. This is variable-oriented research for which a negative binomial model is used. The results indicate that the presence of criminal organizations does correlate with lynching, although higher levels of poverty and state precariousness do so as well. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Why it is that if Mexico went from an authoritarian regime to a supposedly democratic one in which various instances of transitional justice have been implemented that the country suffers nowadays unprecedented levels of violence? Two hypotheses have been proposed. First, the specific manner in which the democratic transition occurred, made effective transitional justice impossible. Second, transitional justice implemented by the first democratically elected government (2000-2006), was a simulation. This constituted a de facto amnesty for perpetrators of human rights violations of the authoritarian past. The aim is to demonstrate that the modality in which the democratic transition occurred determined the meager results of transitional justice mechanisms and that impunity for the crimes of the past led to the uptick in delinquency at the present time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This study aimed to employ NeutroAlgebra theory for identifying the factors with the greatest impact on the deficient state of Ecuador's social rehabilitation system. To achieve this, a survey was conducted with a group of 56 expert officials in the field, hailing from the Babahoyo canton. Neutrosophic logic based on SVNS was applied to implement the DEMATEL method. The utilization of this method helped establish causal relationships among the initial elements, directing interview efforts towards the causal elements of the main issues. Through the application of NeutroAlgebra, it was determined that, while the overall results were favorable, there were unfavorable responses regarding the budget for various activities, the rise in crime in the country, and the absence of a robust prison reform. The attained results fulfilled the objectives and showcased the practical utility of neutrosophic logic in addressing real-life problems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In a situation of advance and consolidation of the ultra-right in Latin America, in which security claims and government interventions in the name of the "combat against insecurity" have been one of its most dynamic vectors, this work is aimed at exploring the contours of another approach to the question of crimes and punishments. During the seventies, in the heat of dictatorships and exiles, a critical, combative, partisan criminological model was forged in Argentina. This other model is tributary of a strategic assembly between the "Foucault effect" in Argentina and Latin American critical criminology. Specifically, the traces of this process are covered through three strong ideas: 1) the "Foucault effect" in Argentina and critical criminology are the ties of a certain critical attitude; 2) that history is realized in a topological structure: it unfolds in the ups and downs experienced by intellectuals here in the dictatorship and there in forced exile; 3) these imports, readings and uses of Foucault overflow and dislocate Foucauldian analysis itself. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The current debate on the involvement of extranei in special crimes has been largely built on the assumptions reached by Nagler in 1903, who in that year published his doctoral thesis "Die Teilnahme am Sonderverbrechen" ("Participation in Special Crimes"), under the direction of Karl Binding. In his thesis, Nagler argues that the underlying norm of a special crime would also "secondarily" reach foreign interveners, which would justify their punishment as participants. Currently, this thesis is accepted, among others, by Roxin in Germany; Gómez Martín and Sánchez-Vera in Spain; and by Mañalich in Chile, becoming an unavoidable reference for the study of this criminal category. This research examines Nagler's thesis critically and in detail, accepting several of his contributions, without prejudice to arrive at different solutions in relation to his notion of "secondary duty" and the effects that it generates in criminal intervention. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The maintenance of political order in contemporary States finds support in criminal law in the crimes of rebellion and sedition. Our legal system contains these figures in the Penal Code but as crimes against the internal security of the State, as well as in a special law (State Security Law). Its formulation is old, as is its application whose closest antecedents date back to the military dictatorship. The article examines these figures, taking into account their substantive criminal and dogmatic difficulties. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This contribution analyzes the role of norms contained in individual administrative acts to determining the content of criminal wrongdoing. The reference to administrative acts raises a series of questions regarding the role of these norms in the configuration of the criminal offense and the extent to which the criminal norm can be determined by the content of said administrative act. This problem cannot be adequately addressed without a reflection on the way in which criminal law interacts with norms and evaluations from other areas of the legal system. Based on a critical analysis of these arguments, this paper provides an alternative explanation regarding the basis and scope of this relationship. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article proposes an analysis of the role played by trust relationships and the agent's position in the definition of unjust conduct regarding the crime of disloyal administration in art. 470 N°. 11 Chilean Penal Code. To that effect, the paper critically analyzes dogmatic discourses of national criminal literature and proposes an autonomous reading of the elements of the crime at national level. It is therefore concluded that the incorporation of the general clause “to be in charge” provides a specific and novel content that, interpreted in the form of “responsibility as a role”, introduces the requirement of a normative status. In other words, the crime is not based on the violation of norms of conduct with open or common recipients that refer to the generic role of citizen but rather on specific and institutional norms that refer to the special status of the person in relation to the legal good. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

In the present work I will try to explain two lines of interpretation of the discussed article that regulates the crime of feminicide in our Penal Code, making known the consequences that would follow from accepting them, in addition to some objections to them. Much of the essay will examine the best interpretation of the criminal offense and then the strongest objection that must be faced; I consider the latter the real problem of feminicide. Finally, I will suggest an interpretation of feminicide and the conclusions will be compiled. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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In 2025, the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) will mark its 20th anniversary since over 170 world leaders committed to protecting populations from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing, and crimes against humanity. Over the past two decades, R2P has been tested by numerous conflicts and humanitarian crises. The doctrine has faced significant challenges and criticisms, particularly after its controversial application in Libya, which is often seen as a watershed moment for its perceived loss of relevance. However, reflecting on other situations where R2P was invoked, it has also demonstrated success in preventing further violence in contexts such as Kenya and Côte d'Ivoire. Despite its limitations, we cannot abandon the Responsibility to Protect. Instead, we should enhance its implementation by addressing criticisms, learning from the past, and leveraging its array of tools beyond military intervention under its three pillars. Especially now, with egregious atrocities occurring in places like Gaza, the international community must act to fulfil its promise of safeguarding humanity from the gravest crimes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Maritime drug trafficking poses a serious threat to the security and stability of European countries, with criminal organisations employing diverse strategies, ranging from hiding drugs in legal containers to using small boats for smuggling. In response, European authorities have stepped up international cooperation and improved port security. This article presents the findings of a review on the transport of drugs in European ports, identifying those most affected and analysing the technological strategies used. It investigates areas such as the rip on/rip off, container change and ship transport, as well as technologies such as X-ray drug scanning and maritime security drones. It examines 50 selected studies from databases such as Scopus and Web of Science, in addition to specialised sources. It concludes with an analysis of current and future perspectives in the fight against maritime drug trafficking in Europe. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The objective of the article is to compare the regulations on sexual harassment of the main public universities of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama, in order to establish their scope in three central lines: a) existence of a specific regulation on this type of violence, b) conceptualization of sexual harassment and, c) evaluation of the established mechanisms in relation to the model or vision of the prevailing legal approach regarding the rights of victims, the statute of limitations for this crime and finally, the conditions for the elevation and ratification of the complaints submitted. The methodological approach is qualitative, and the research is documentary based on primary sources related to the standards and protocols promulgated in HEIs and secondary sources. The research is limited to the period 1996-2020. It is concluded that the existing regulations respond to a guaranteed model of disciplinary procedures that does not consider the variable sex or the asymmetry of the relationships between the parties involved. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

From a decolonial perspective, and taking Latin America as its case study, this article discusses southern criminology --a body of work that has consolidated in the region and other Global South countries, and that aims at explaining crime and violence, together with the social control responses they elicit, as part of the colonial matrix of power. The article claims that southern criminology has the potential to contribute to the discussion of crime, violence, and social control in Latin America in at least two aspects: first, it may provide an incisive analysis of the relations between different forms of violence and subordination, on the one hand, and the punitive and exclusive responses of Latin American political regimes to these phenomena, on the other. Second, it may contribute a suggestive explanation of how the forms of social control that have emerged in different countries of the region since their birth as independent republics are closely linked to the construction of political, economic, and social orders that are part of the colonial matrix of power. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Article 20 of the Comprehensive Organic Criminal Code addresses the concept of real competition of infractions, which occurs when the same person commits several autonomous and independent actions that conform to different criminal types. In this case, the sentences are added without exceeding forty years in total. Although the legal text defines this concept, it does not specify how it should be applied procedurally. This lack of clarity has led to the fact that, in practice, these behaviours, although independent, are judged in a single criminal proceeding. Therefore, it is necessary to determine whether this violates due process and whether it is necessary to hold separate trials to guarantee the accused adequate time to exercise his right to defence. This investigation concluded that the actual concurrence of infractions can generate consequences in determining the penalty, since the accumulation of penalties provided for each type of crime is considered. Therefore, in this type of competition, correctly individualising the penalties for each crime the subject commits is essential. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]