The Inability of Criminal Justice System in Brazil and the Death Penalty Application Extrajudicial

The inability of the criminal justice system in Brazil to contain the advances of crime in society awakens a sense of impunity and the desire for immediate answers from the government to stop the advances of violence. This article aims to analyze the main reasons contributing to the inefficiency of...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Calves, João Paulo, Flores, Andréa
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2016
Country:Brasil
Institution:Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-graduação em Direito (CONPEDI)
Repository:Revista de Criminologias e Politicas Criminais
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.indexlaw.org:article/1455
Online Access:https://www.indexlaw.org/index.php/revistacpc/article/view/1455
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Criminality
Criminal Justice
Impunity
Punitivism
Death Penalty
Criminalidade
Justiça Criminal
Impunidade
Punitivismo
Pena de Morte
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Summary:The inability of the criminal justice system in Brazil to contain the advances of crime in society awakens a sense of impunity and the desire for immediate answers from the government to stop the advances of violence. This article aims to analyze the main reasons contributing to the inefficiency of judicial assistance, and describes, based on literature review of Beccaria, Kant and Bobbio, the foundations abolitionists and antiabolicionistas of the death penalty. It was concluded that Brazil prohibits the punishment of judicial death, but society and the State apply the death penalty in extra-judicial manner.