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Security & Strategic Review November 2008 (ISSN 1741-4202)
ARGENTINA: New get-tough response to crime in Buenos Aires
The authorities of Argentina's largest and most populous province,
Buenos Aires, have once again ordered an overhaul of the provincial police
force, as well as submitting to the provincial congress new legislation lowering
the age of criminal responsibility and sharply curbing the granting of parole
and house arrest. This reaction has been triggered by a wave of crimes committed
by youths and by parolees — the latter let out because of another critical
problem: the overcrowding of the country's jails.
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