Abstract

RODRIGUEZ-RODRIGUEZ, Roberto. Evaluation of the Institutions of the Criminal Justice System of the Republic of Panama from the perspective of Citizen Security: 2004-2014. URVIO [online]. 2017, n.20, pp.145-165. ISSN 1390-4299.  https://doi.org/doi.org/10.17141/urvio.20.2017.2748.

This article presents the results of the evaluation research of the Citizen Security in the Republic of Panama during the Government periods 2004-2009 and 2009-2014. In particular, the results of the evaluation of the institutions of the criminal justice system: Police, Prosecutors, Judiciary and Prison System; and the results of the evaluation of the organizational aspects considered for this institutional evaluation: budgets, human resources, modernization, transparency and accountability, and citizen attention. The characteristics, differences and similarities in the development of the institutions of the criminal justice system and the different actions of the Governments that affect its operation are identified and evaluated through a model of evaluation of Citizen Security within the framework of the general security policy of each Government.

Keywords : Institutions of the Criminal Justice System; Citizen Security; evaluation; evaluation model; operation; period of Government; valuation; institutional aspects.

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