Criminal Drug Policy: The Role of Public Defense and Criminal Selectiveness

The present study sought to analyze the importance of the Public Defender's Office in the defense of persons accused of drug trafficking and the study of criminal selectivity in the current Criminal Drug Policy in Brazil. For the clientele of the penal system is usually composed of people belon...

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Autores: Dias, Paulo Thiago Fernandes, Zaghlout, Sara Alacoque Guerra
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Brasil
Recursos:Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-graduação em Direito (CONPEDI)
Repositorio:Revista de Criminologias e Politicas Criminais
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.indexlaw.org:article/1471
Acesso em linha:https://www.indexlaw.org/index.php/revistacpc/article/view/1471
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Selectivity
Criminal Drug Policy
Public defense
Criminology
Criminal system
Seletividade Penal
Política Criminal de Drogas
Defensoria Pública
Criminologia
Sistema Penal
Descrição
Resumo:The present study sought to analyze the importance of the Public Defender's Office in the defense of persons accused of drug trafficking and the study of criminal selectivity in the current Criminal Drug Policy in Brazil. For the clientele of the penal system is usually composed of people belonging to the lowest social levels and these are precisely those assisted by the Public Defender, since they are part of this process of selective and unequal criminalization of people within the total population and are the main targets Of the stereotype pursued as drug trafficker.