Feuerbach (German philosopher) is considered the first to define criminal policy “as a set of repressive methods by which the state reacts against crime…”. There are two concepts that express the paths that must be followed in the fight against crime, the first from Zipf, which says: “Penal policy is an objectively limited sector of general legal policy: it is legal policy in the field of criminal justice…”. Another from Delmas-Marty, who says: it is “a set of methods by which the social body organizes responses to the criminal phenomenon…”. Basically, you need to know that crime does not result from the weakness of the penal system, but that the criminal phenomenon is primarily a social problem. But the truth is that there is a prevention of crimes when the person who will commit them knows for sure that he will be punished and is sure that he can be arrested, convicted and imprisoned, it still reduces the crime rate. Now what happens is that criminals are sure to be let go, without conviction and punishment, and this has increased crime.

New prisons need to be built urgently, every delinquent or criminal must be in prison so that citizens can be free.

The first must be immediately applicable in the field of criminal justice because we are facing a very serious narcopolitical phenomenon. During the government of former President Correa, with acts and laws that promoted the drug trade and that, among other things, freed the mules of drug traffickers, they removed the Manta base and set up the table of drug consumption Ecuador Seted, which was the departure of the legalized birth of drugs. addictions and micro-commerce. Drug dealers dominate all branches of crime, they dangerously penetrate the institutions that protect the rights of citizens, partly due to the incompetence and institutional weakness of the last two governments. This first phase in the field of criminal justice must be established as an intelligence and security organization, with international advice, that determines what the police and other security forces must adhere to. The internal security policy should be given by the Government, not the Police. And there will be harsh repression with legal criminal instruments, the use of lethal weapons and the cleansing of institutions such as SNAI or the police, the judiciary and various elements of the FF. AA. You can’t imagine reducing crime without it. New prisons need to be built urgently, every delinquent or criminal must be in prison so that citizens can be free.

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Another conception of penal policy consists in creating social conditions in which society must develop in order not to commit crimes, seeking more social than penal responses. This long-term conception is more complex, subject to psychosocial, legal, economic and political considerations, because it would also mean assessing the type of society we want, but state programs for the rehabilitation of addicts and increasing jobs must be launched. and opportunities for young people to live better, with the intensification of arts and sports, to occupy their time and develop skills. (OR)