Overcriminalization: More criminal law and less Constitutional State

Abstract

The text critically reviews Alejandro Nava Tovar's work Punitive Populism, highlighting his analysis of the contemporary hardening of criminal policy and its regressive impact on fundamental rights. The author examines how punitive populism, driven by the media and social pressure, favors the expansion of criminal law and the central use of prison. The theses of exclusion of alternative measures and