The prosecutoring authority and criminal policies in a democracy

Abstract

This article discuss criteria for appropriate criminal policies in relation to the prosecutoring authority, based on management goals that clarify its role as an agent in reducing the rates of crime by increasing, through its actions, the cost of committing crimes (according to the model that Gary Becker took from Beccaria and Bentham). On the way, it makes a critical judgment of the actual proposals of the institution in this regard.