El trabajo profudiza en el sistema de medidas de seguridad y corrección en Derecho penal, abarcando desde su desarrollo histórico hasta los presupuestos de su legítima imposición en un estado de derecho, pasando por las implicaciones conceptuales y sistemáticas con los conceptos de pena y delito.

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Restrictive measures that follow an acquital by reason of insufficient mental capability in the system of criminal law legal consequences.

This paper makes an in-depth analysis of the nature and role of the measures that follow an acquital by reason of insufficient mental capability, tracking their historical evolution and scrutinizing the question of their legitimacy and limits in democratic states. The conceptual and systematic implications of these measure for the concepts of punishment and crime are also studied.