Respuesta judicial a la agresión y al abuso sexualRelevancia de los factores legales y extralegales en las sentencias

  1. Tamarit Sumalla, Josep Maria 1
  2. Aizpitarte Gorrotxategi , Alazne
  3. Arantegui Arràez, Laura
  4. Romero Seseña, Pablo 1
  1. 1 Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
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    Universitat Oberta de Catalunya

    Barcelona, España

    ROR https://ror.org/01f5wp925

Revista:
Revista de Derecho Penal y Criminología

ISSN: 1132-9955

Ano de publicación: 2022

Número: 27

Páxinas: 197-238

Tipo: Artigo

DOI: 10.5944/RDPC.27.2022.32088 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso aberto editor

Outras publicacións en: Revista de Derecho Penal y Criminología

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Resumo

Criminological literature suggests that the court sentencing process is affected by several factors, either legal (and therefore, predictable) or extra-legal. The present study analyzes  which variables influence judicial decisions in cases of sexual assault and sexual abuse, by studying all the judgments handed down by the Spanish Provincial Courts in the years2019 and 2020. The main goal of the study is to determine whether legalor extralegal variables have a greater influence on the decision to convict orabsolve, on the time length of the prison sentence and on the amount of the compensation awarded. The study reveals that prison sentences are mainly influenced by legal variables and civil liability presents greater randomness, despite the fact that court sentencing criteria are usually concordant for both decision-making processes. Results also show the influence of various extralegal variables, which opens new research lines for future investigation.

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