
El Populismo Punitivo como teoría político-criminológica irrumpió con fuerza en el Estado Español en 2003, dando lugar al denominado "Código Penal de 2003" de carácter más punitivo que el Código Penal de 1995, conocido como "el Código penal de la democracia". El Código penal español sufrió más de 15 reformas y como consecuencia, la ciencia penal española recuerda a 2003 como el annus horribilis. En este contexto de endurecimiento de la legislación penal, los medios de comunicación con su "victimización" y su tratamiento hacia la delincuencia violenta, contribuyeron a su legitimación. El presente trabajo, pretende recoger la influencia de los mass media en la deriva punitiva española, mediante la teoría de la agenda-setting y recopilando las principales investigaciones realizadas en este campo, complementada con algunos sucesos más recientes, como el caso Mari Luz (2008) o Marta del Castillo (2009).
In the VII legislature (2000-2004), the Spanish Penal Code of 1995 suffered more than 10 reforms leading to a more punitive penal system. Against this background of toughening of criminal legislation, the media with their treatment of violent crime have been a contributing factor as political parties, in a context of disaffection and loss of popularity representatives have used the Criminal Law as instrument to show their legitimacy and interest in social problems. This paper is a brief state of affairs on the relationship established between the media, the policy makers and penal reforms in the Spanish state. Meanwhile, it is also intended to present the theory of agenda-setting, as a conceptual framework to capture the influence of the media on the political agenda.
Medios de comunicación masivos, populismo punitivo, agenda-setting, alarma social, pánico moral., Mass media, punitive populism, agenda-setting, social alarm, moral panic.
Medios de comunicación masivos, populismo punitivo, agenda-setting, alarma social, pánico moral., Mass media, punitive populism, agenda-setting, social alarm, moral panic.
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