From the sacred springtime of criminal law to the limits of criminological positivism in Spain

Criminological positivism emerged from Italy to spread throughout Europe and most of America. In this sense, Spain was not an exception, and the Italian doctrine penetrated the Iberian Peninsula generating a national struggle of schools that had its own characters. The existence of two opposing currents of legal thought, such as the Catholic-liberal and the Krauso-positivist, prevented criminological positivism from taking root in Spain, although it is clear that, despite the limits encountered, it left its mark, albeit indirectly, on certain Spanish penal institutions.