تغيير و تحول در سياست هاي مجازات در روند جهاني شدن

Changes on The Sentencing Policies in The Time of Globalization

This study deals with the reflections of the neo-liberal globalization on the sentencing policies. Main aim of the study is to demonstrate the relations among globalization, poverty and sentencing policies, and to determine the general framework and meaning of todayʹs penal reform processes. In this article, the reform principles of the new sentencing acts, and the social, economic and political dimensions of the penal reform movement are examined. The transition from the policies of social welfare to social control has introduced tougher sentencing acts, and prison population has increased rapidly all over the world. The main dynamics of the new sentencing policies are the prevention of social reactions which have grown against abandonment of welfare state, exploitation of prison labour and privatization of prisons. The article considers the evolution of sentencing policies as an important clement of the reconstruction process of the state.