The Madrid-based author analyzes the impact of populism and the rise of the right on punitive policies in his new work. According to Cordero, the punitive logic has become dominant in all areas of society in recent decades, with harsher sentences and increased police power, budget, and armament.

In the writer's view, social media demonstrates a public demand for prison sentences and even physical punishment for offenders or suspects. In the talk, Cordero will explain how society has reached this state and how this punitive logic has been implemented.