Criminal Case Processing and Cumulative Disadvantage in Chile
Rochow, Diego (University of California)
Quintana-Navarrete, Miguel (University of California)
Fondevila, Gustavo (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament de Ciència Política i de Dret Públic)

Imprint:	SAGE Publications, 2025
Description:	33 pàg.
Abstract:	This article examines how flagrante delicto and pretrial detention shape criminal case outcomes individually and cumulatively in Santiago, Chile. We find that flagrante delicto is associated with increases in the likelihood of pretrial detention and reductions in the likelihood of non-punitive outcomes, while both factors channel cases toward guilty pleas. Yet, flagrante delicto is also associated with increases in the likelihood of guilty pleas independent of pretrial detention, and both factors' punitive effects are inconsistent at trial. We argue that flagrante delicto operates as a powerful tool in pretrial crime processing, reinforcing penal severity within the dynamics of a highly formalized criminal justice system. This partially challenges theoretical expectations about Latin American case processing and extends research on cumulative disadvantage beyond the United States. We also identify enhanced judicial review standards at pretrial stages and expanded public defender resources as policy interventions with potential to interrupt defendants' disadvantageous trajectories.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Cumulative disadvantage ; Criminal justice ; Case processing ; Latin America ; Penality ; SDG 16 - Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
Published in:	Crime and Delinquency, ISSN 1552-387X

DOI: 10.1177/00111287251384666

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