NCJ Number
42812
Journal
ANUARIO DEL INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS PENALESY CRIMINOLOGICAS Issue: 5 Dated: (1973) Pages: 53-63
Date Published
1973
Length
11 pages
Annotation
A REVIEW OF PAST AND PRESENT USES OF THE SUSPENDED SENTENCE AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO PRISON SENTENCES OF LESS THAN THREE YEARS IN EUROPE, THE UNITED STATES, AND LATIN AMERICA IS FOLLOWED BY A LOOK AT VENEZUELAN PROPOSALS.
Abstract
BEFORE 1954, THE VENEZUELAN PENAL CODE INCLUDED NO PROVISIONS GRANTING ANY SORT OF CONDITIONAL REMISSION OF SHORT-TERM SENTENCES. BILLS PROPOSED IN 1954 AND IN 1961 HOWEVER, PROVIDED FOR THIS SENTENCING ALTERNATIVE UTILIZING THE EUROPEAN MODEL, SIMILAR TO THE UNITED STATES SYSTEM OF SUSPENDED SENTENCES AND INVOLVING NO SUPERVISION OF THE OFFENDER DURING THE TWO TO FIVE YEAR PERIOD FOR WHICH THE SENTENCE WAS SUSPENDED. HOWEVER, OVER THE YEARS, SEVERAL OTHER PIECES OF LEGISLATION HAVE LED TO A SYSTEM HALFWAY BETWEEN A SUSPENDED SENTENCE AND PROBATION IN WHICH A PRISON SENTENCE IS HANDED DOWN, IS SUSPENDED BY THE JUDGE, AND THE OFFENDER IS SUBJECTED TO A TWO TO FIVE YEAR PERIOD OF SUPERVISION AND ASSISTANCE BY A PROBATION OFFICER OR SPECIALLY TRAINED SOCIAL WORKER. --IN SPANISH,,,ELW