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Criminal Justice in Peru

Criminal Justice in Peru. Peru: General Facts. Constitutional republic Independence: July 28, 1821 Chief of State : President Alejandro Toledo Manrique (since 28 July 2001) . Policing in Peru. Peruvian National Police Part of the Ministry of the Interior

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Criminal Justice in Peru

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  1. Criminal Justice in Peru

  2. Peru: General Facts • Constitutional republic • Independence: July 28, 1821 • Chief of State: President Alejandro Toledo Manrique (since 28 July 2001)

  3. Policing in Peru • Peruvian National Police • Part of the Ministry of the Interior • Product of a vast restructuring of the country’s police forces • Guardia Civil, Investigative Police, Republican Guard and the Fuerzas Policiales

  4. National Police • Guarantee and maintain internal order • Protect the community • Guarantee compliance with the law • Prevent and investigate delinquency • Guard and control the borders

  5. Requirements for Recruits • Peruvian citizen by birth • Minimum 16 years of age, maximum of 24 • Single, with no kids • No prior criminal offenses

  6. Specializations • Order and security • Intelligence • Criminal investigation • Forensics • Administration

  7. Special Units • Counterterrorism Directorate (DIRCOTE) • Anti-drugs Directorate • Directorate of National Defense and Border Control • Directorate of Roadway Safety

  8. Canine Units • 1962 • Manuel Felix Boluarte • Chile

  9. Community Policing • Vigilant Neighbor (Vecino Vigilante) • juvenile patrols • Nationwide programs

  10. Crime in Peru • Crime stats are unreliable • 2000: 8,047 reported offenses (5,393 solved) • Victims surveys indicated 7 out of 10 Peruvians have been crime victims • Lima homicide rates: 28.19 (per 100,000) • Homicides have decreased since 1994

  11. 2002 Statistics

  12. Threats to Peruvian Security • Terrorist Groups • Organized Crime/drug trafficking • Corruption

  13. Terrorism in Peru • Sendero Luminoso • Tupac Amaru • Landless movement

  14. Drugs • Coca paste has been cultivated and used for centuries • 1990s: Coca processing illegalized (not cultivation) • 2002: 7,100 hectares of Coca fields eradicated (nearly double in 1999)

  15. Peruvian Courts • 16-member Supreme Court in Lima • Superior courts in departmental capitals • Courts of first instance (civil, penal, and special)

  16. Faceless Courts • Designed to sentence terrorists without fear of being identified • These courts have been abolished

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