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Abstract
At the present time, proposals of penal normative reforms that argue they are the answer to the claims of the majority of citizens are frequent. Under this approach, it has been stated that a large part of society demands, mainly, the increase of the Criminal Law?s field of action through the criminalization of different conducts triggering social conflicts, and the rise of penalties for the behaviors already typified as offenses. In this way, the purpose of this paper is to reflect on the legitimacy of such statements in the proposals for criminal law change.
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