CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORY AND DOSIMETRY OF THE PENALTY

A NECESSARY CRITICAL DISCOURSE TO REDUCE POTESTAS PUNIENDI’S DYSFUNCTIONALITIES

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https://doi.org/10.12957/rfd.2024.59885

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Teoria da Pena, Discurso crítico da teoria da pena, Teoria negativa, Teoria materialista/dialética, Poder punitivo,

Abstract

The aim of this paper was to evaluate the legal discourses of punishment theories in order to see which of them - or if all of them - are adopted in Brazil and the reason for their adoption. It then set out to demonstrate the misconception of adopting an official theory of punishment. In order to do this, the article looked at the main official theories of punishment and their legal-philosophical foundations, as well as the main theoretical models critical of the official theories. The literature review allows us to present the criticisms of these theories and, later, to present the negative theory and the materialist / dialectic theory. Both aim to reduce the latent dysfunctionalities that the punitive system imposes on those marginalized by the normative punitive power. The treated theme is, therefore, divergent in the doctrine, but it is unison in the jurisprudence, which adopts the official criminological theory and uses the dosimetry of the penalty to legitimize the discourse of the wealthiest social caste to the detriment of those who have negative social factors. As a result, its dysfunctionalities - highly damaging to the rule of law and individual guarantees in the democratic rule of law - create a greater scope of incidence, causing the police state to override the rule of law.

Keywords: Theory of Penalty. Critical discourse on the theory of punishment. Negative theory. Materialist / dialectic theory. Punitive power.

Author Biographies

Victor Américo Alves de Freitas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Doutorando e Mestre em Direito Penal pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro  (UERJ). 
Pós-graduado em Direito pelo Instituto de Educação e Pesquisa  do Ministério Público do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (IEP/MPRJ) - 2019.  
Graduado em Direito pela Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro  (UFRRJ) - 2016. 
Professor convidado da pós-graduação em Advocacia Criminal - CEPED/UERJ
Advogado criminalista;

Rodrigo Lima e Silva, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro

Professor na área de Direito Público da UFRRJ (Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro). Ex-Vice Coordenador do Curso de Direito da UFRRJ. Ex-Coordenador do Nucleo de Prática Jurídica da UFRRJ, atual Vice-Chefe de Departamento de Ciências Jurídicas na Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro. Especialista em Direito Público e Privado pela EMERJ/Estácio de Sá. Mestre em Direito Publico pela UNESA. Doutor em Ciência Política pelo IUPERJ/UCAM (Cândido Mendes-RJ)

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2024-03-25

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Freitas, V. A. A. de, & Silva, R. L. e. (2024). CRIMINOLOGICAL THEORY AND DOSIMETRY OF THE PENALTY: A NECESSARY CRITICAL DISCOURSE TO REDUCE POTESTAS PUNIENDI’S DYSFUNCTIONALITIES. Revista Da Faculdade De Direito Da UERJ, (43), 1–23. https://doi.org/10.12957/rfd.2024.59885

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No. 43 (2024): Revista da Faculdade de Direito da UERJ - RFD

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