Nina Rodrigues and the pathologization of crime in Brazil
The current work aims at performing an analysis of the criminals “pathologization” movement by means of a historical reading of the impact of “brain scientificism” in the criminal sphere. More particularly, there is an emphasis on the reception of the lombrosionism matrix theories in 19th-century br...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2011 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Fundação Getulio Vargas (FGV) |
| Repositorio: | Revista Direito GV |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.periodicos.fgv.br:article/24074 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://periodicos.fgv.br/revdireitogv/article/view/24074 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | criminal anthropology mental illness pathologization Nina Rodrigues ANTROPOLOGIA CRIMINAL DOENÇA MENTAL PATOLOGIZAÇÃO NINA RODRIGUES |
| Sumario: | The current work aims at performing an analysis of the criminals “pathologization” movement by means of a historical reading of the impact of “brain scientificism” in the criminal sphere. More particularly, there is an emphasis on the reception of the lombrosionism matrix theories in 19th-century brazilian criminology, in which we can see the microcosms of classes and races conflicts of interests, mediated by the medical authority who, in his scientific beliefs (or in his ideological filiations), looked for illuminate the limits between the moral fault and the madness – or the both (moral madness) as pathology or as pure perversity – and tried to show the correct form (scientific) of punishing or treating |
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