Miedo, control social y política criminal

Abstract

Fear is a basic human being emotion, which shows up when facing different hazards or risks surrounding. Fears are represented and spread by different communication media by which is propitiated among citizens different feelings such as security and insecurity. The aforesaid feelings brought by media, are not always matching the real situation and in many occasions are the outcome of different interests of the paramount sources of the politic as well as economic power. The idea set out herein, might affect the development of criminal policies more focused on misled wishes and necessities regarding security and safety of the citizenship than the real needs and necessities. This is why, we have to be aware of the proper strategy versus the fear which intend to assure the public safety, mainly the one coming from the Forces of Law and order, or from the development of different mechanisms for social control, having regard that must be respectful with the Basic Principles on the legal system and aimed at the normal developing people´s rights and freedoms.