penal populism

uncountable

(law) A process in which the major political parties compete with each other to be tough on crime.

Japanese Meaning

主要政党が、犯罪撲滅や刑罰の強化において互いに競い合う政治的プロセスを指す（政治戦略の一環として） / 有権者の支持を得るため、犯罪対策の厳格さをアピールし合う政治運営の手法

During the election campaign, several candidates embraced penal populism to win votes by promising harsher sentences and zero-tolerance policies.

選挙戦の間、数人の候補者は厳罰化を訴えるポピュリズムを取り入れ、より厳しい刑罰やゼロトレランスの政策を約束して票を集めようとした。

Sense（1）

(law) A process in which the major political parties compete with each other to be tough on crime.