O clamor público pelo maior rigor penal e a ineficácia do aumento das penas como único meio de obtenção da paz social: análise à luz da Criminologia Crítica

Abstract

This paper proposes a reflection on the popular yearning for criminal recrudescence based on the discourse of fear spread in a sensationalist way by the media, especially in the Brazilian scene from the 1990s. Moreover, it intends to investigate how such framework reflects on the interest of higher courts of the capitalist system, in the social construction of prevailing classes. Starting from the outline of a historical background of the development of criminological science until today, this work will try to demonstrate how the intentional increase in penalties, beyond not solving the problem of violence, constitutes a step backwards in the criminal field. Taking as a theoretical framework the Critical Criminology, proposed by Alessandro Baratta, it will seek to, yet, to point out maladies of the criminal current justice system, based on analysis of statistical data and their media impact, as well as indicate which proposals of critical criminology aimed at dismantling this model.