Luces y Sombras del Papel Atribuido a los Intereses Patrimoniales de la Víctima Durante la Ejecución de Condenas por Terrorismo (Lights and Shadows of the Role Attributed to Victims' Economic Interests During the Sentence Enforcement)

Spanish Abstract: Este trabajo analiza los medios previstos en el Codigo penal espanol para promover la realizacion voluntaria de comportamientos postdelictivos positivos por parte de los presos, que responden a la necesidad de proteger los intereses de la victima, destacando la existencia de un subsistema penitenciario de excepcion para los condenados por delitos de terrorismo o relacionados con organizaciones o grupos terroristas. En segundo lugar, este trabajo tambien discute si el hecho de que se protejan los intereses de la victima durante la ejecucion de la pena de prision sirve al objetivo de resocializacion del condenado o si se convierte en un obstaculo para su reinsercion en la sociedad, teniendo en cuenta que la introduccion de consideraciones victimologicas solo es aceptable si no se afecta a este fin basico de la pena privativa de libertad. English Abstract: This paper analyses the means available in the Spanish Penal Code to promote the voluntary execution of positive post-criminal behaviour that responds to the need to protect the victim’s interests by prisoners, highlighting the existence of an exceptional prison system for those convicted of organising or belonging to terrorist groups and terrorism. Secondly, this paper also discusses whether the fact that the prison sentence protects the victim’s interests serves the purpose of rehabilitating the offender or, whether it becomes an obstacle in their reintegration into society, leading to the introduction of victimological considerations only being acceptable if they do not affect this basic objective of enforcing the custodial sentence, and can therefore serve as a useful element of custodial treatment and as data to be used for judgement purposes in risk assessments that should be carried out at different points of the enforcement.