Description
CHALLENGING CRIMINOLOGY
Book Summary
In a context where the penal and penal execution system is recognized as collapsed, "Challenging Criminology" offers a critical and proactive vision. The author, Freddy A. Crespo P., exposes how the reduction of crime to a mere legal abstraction ignores decades of criminological contributions that define it as a complex social phenomenon. With clear and illustrative language, the book not only diagnoses recurring errors in anti-crime public policies but also presents proposals founded in science. It is a work that invites a rethink of the system from its foundations, offering a necessary path for real and effective change.
What is it about?
The work starts from a forceful premise: the penal system has collapsed due to an uninterrupted sequence of errors in its conception and methods. The author maintains that, despite modernity and social changes, crime continues to be imputed, judged, and sanctioned without considering individual and social aspects that criminology has demonstrated for over fifty years. It criticizes the tendency to base anti-crime policies solely on the legal assessment of human action, ignoring that crime is a social phenomenon with deep individual manifestations. The book proposes a radical adaptation and modification of the system, presenting a modern critical vision and a proposal that, although it may seem idealistic, is necessary to overcome merely testimonial discourse and generate concrete changes in public service and the study of crime.
Main Topics
- Critique of the collapse of the penal and penal execution system.
- Analysis of the reduction of crime to a legal abstraction.
- Integration of criminological contributions into anti-crime public policies.
- Proposal for reform based on scientific evidence for system change.
- Relationship between the sanctioned individual, the victim, and the empirical consequences of the criminal process.
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at criminologists, lawyers, students of criminal and social sciences, as well as professionals and public officials involved in the design and implementation of criminal justice policies. It is also essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the structural failures of the penal system and exploring well-founded proposals for its transformation.
What this book contributes
- A clear and well-founded diagnosis of recurring errors in the penal system.
- Concrete proposals based on criminological science to overcome the traditional legal model.
- A critical and modern vision that connects criminological theory with the practice of public service.
- Tools to rethink crime as a complex social phenomenon, beyond the criminal norm.
- A call to action to generate real changes, avoiding merely testimonial discourse.
Technical Sheet
- Author: CRESPO P., FREDDY A.
- Publisher: J.M.BOSCH
- Language: Spanish
- Subject: CRIME AND CRIMINOLOGY, CRIMINAL JUSTICE LAW
- Collection: CRIMINOLOGY CRIMINAL LAW AND POLICY CR
- Publication date: September 2025
- Number of pages: 212
- Weight: 400 g
Editorial Review
"Challenging Criminology" is presented as a necessary work in the current debate on criminal justice. Its value lies in the ability to transcend standard criticism to offer a structured and scientifically informed proposal. The author manages to balance a rigorous diagnosis with accessible language, which facilitates its understanding for both specialists and a public interested in the subject. It is a reading that invites reflection and, above all, action, positioning itself as a reference text for those seeking real alternatives to the collapse of the system.