JUDICIARY REFORM IN BRAZIL AND THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JUSTICE: IMPROVING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN OFFENDER TREATMENT

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  • Márcio Schiefler Fontes Tribunal de Justiça de Santa Catarina Supremo Tribunal Federal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17768/pbl.y2.n2.p69-90

Abstract

This paper intends to provide an overview of the Brazilian judicial system, its recent reform, and how the National Council of Justice (whose creation was the major goal of that reform) started to address the issues of improving the efficiency of criminal justice and increasing the use of alternatives to detention and imprisonment. The concept behind applying and enforcing convictions aims to remove the convict from society, to avoid further harm, allowing the prisoner to return to society after they have reabsorbed social values. The current challenge facing prison systems is to foster effective methods of rehabilitating and reintegrating these people into society, so that they are capable of living in society when they have finished their sentences. Community involvement in offender treatment is a current worldwide trend that has found the desirable echo in important initiatives championed by the National Council of Justice.

 

Author Biography

Márcio Schiefler Fontes, Tribunal de Justiça de Santa Catarina Supremo Tribunal Federal

Brazilian Judiciary, Supreme Federal Court, Santa Catarina State Supreme Court

Supreme Federal Court, Auxiliary Judge

Santa Catarina State Supreme Court, District Judge

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Published

2014-10-08

How to Cite

Fontes, M. S. (2014). JUDICIARY REFORM IN BRAZIL AND THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF JUSTICE: IMPROVING COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN OFFENDER TREATMENT. PANORAMA OF BRAZILIAN LAW, 2(2), 69–90. https://doi.org/10.17768/pbl.y2.n2.p69-90

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Vol. 2 No. 2 (2014): PANORAMA OF BRAZILIAN LAW

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