Práticas de apurar crimes em interrogatórios policiais: uma abordagem da Análise da Conversa Etnometodológica

Abstract

The purpose of this thesis is to map out the practices of investigating crimes led by the police officer in the police interrogations at an All-female Police Station. The relevance of this work is due to the fact that the act of investigating crimes in police interrogations is fundamental for the whole criminal process that it is then sent to the court for the correct punishment of the accused. This research is based on the methodological and theoretical references of Conversation Analysis Ethnomethodology (SACKS, SCHEGLOFF e JEFFERSON (2003 [1974]) for the sequential mapping out of these practices, which are done locally in the interactions of the police interrogations. This work is part of the so called Applied Linguistics of Professions panorama (SARANGI, 2005). Considering that the investigation is processed, above all, through the adjacent pairs of question and answer sequences, the analysis goes from the study practices of investigating crimes done by a police officer, and the questions and/or statements that they implement. This study shows that, through such practices, the police officer reaches his institutional goal in trying to collect information to prove the materiality of crimes. The results of this research show that of the eight practices detected, in only two, the police officer collects the criminal information that he seeks to obtain. Although most of these practices have not been effective to the police officer proves the materiality of crimes, it is emphasized that the knowledge gained of these practices by the police officers can contribute to the development of police work within the Police Stations, in a way that the police officers can reflect upon their interrogation techniques and seek new ways to help them get information related to the crimes.