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Prisiones e Internados: Una Comparación de los Establecimientos Penales en América del Norte y América Latina (Prisons and Internment: A Comparison of Penal Facilities in North America and Latin America) (2010)
Journal Article
America). Caderno CRH (Impresso), 23(58), 129-149

The recent use of expressions such as “warehouse prison” in the U.S. and “concentration camp” in Latin America would seem to indicate that conditions of deprivation of freedom in both regions look more and more alike. The analysis presented here... Read More about Prisiones e Internados: Una Comparación de los Establecimientos Penales en América del Norte y América Latina (Prisons and Internment: A Comparison of Penal Facilities in North America and Latin America).

El desempeño penal y el régimen abierto en las regiones Capital y Andina de Venezuela, 1981-2005. (Penal performance in open prisons in the Capital and Andean regions of Venezuela, 1981-2005.) (2010)
Journal Article
Birkbeck, C. (2010). El desempeño penal y el régimen abierto en las regiones Capital y Andina de Venezuela, 1981-2005. (Penal performance in open prisons in the Capital and Andean regions of Venezuela, 1981-2005.). Capítulo criminológico, 38(1), 81-107

The penal performance of offenders assigned to halfway houses is examined for a sample of 1,253 residents between 1981 and 2005 in the Capital and Andean Regions of Venezuela. Contrary to the notion of progression outlined in prison legislation, only... Read More about El desempeño penal y el régimen abierto en las regiones Capital y Andina de Venezuela, 1981-2005. (Penal performance in open prisons in the Capital and Andean regions of Venezuela, 1981-2005.).