THE SELECTIVE USE OF HANDCUFFS AND THE CRIMINALIZATION OF FUNK MUSIC: An Exceptional Criminal Procedure and a Violation of Fundamental Guarantees

an Exceptional Criminal Procedure and a Violation of Fundamental Guarantees

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This article critically analyzes the selective application of Binding Precedent No. 11, which regulates the use of handcuffs, understanding it as an expression of the exceptional criminal process and the structural violation of fundamental guarantees in Brazil. It argues that the criminal justice system operates according to a racialized and classist logic. The research examines the criminalization of funk music as a contemporary manifestation of this selectivity, with emphasis on recent cases involving peripheral artists and the legislative and media construction of moralizing discourses, exemplified by the so-called "Anti-Oruam Law". The theoretical framework articulates critical criminology with the sociology of deviance, especially Howard Becker's labeling theory and his notions of moral entrepreneurship and master status, as well as with the sociology of police and judicial practices. A qualitative and documentary methodology is adopted, with normative, jurisprudential, and bibliographical analysis. It is concluded that the repeated violation of Binding Precedent No. 11 does not constitute an exception, but a structural mechanism of penal control.

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  • Luiza Victória, Universidade Federal Fluminense

    Graduanda em Direito pela Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)  - campus Macaé, atualmente no 7 período (2026.1). Experiência prática como estagiária em escritórios de advocacia e órgãos públicos, com atuação nas áreas Civil, Trabalhista e do Consumidor.
    Pesquisa voltada para o Direito Penal.

  • Hamilton Ferraz, Universidade Federal Fluminense

    Doutor em Direito pela PUC-Rio (2020) com estágio pós-doutoral em Direito Penal na UERJ (2023). Mestre (2016) em Direito Penal pela UERJ. Bacharel (2014) em Direito pela UERJ. Professor Adjunto de Direito Penal (UFF-MDI). Advogado. 

Edição agosto 2026 - Revista Confluências

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2026-10-02

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Vol. 28 No. 2 (2026): Confluências, vol. 28, nº 2

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THE SELECTIVE USE OF HANDCUFFS AND THE CRIMINALIZATION OF FUNK MUSIC: An Exceptional Criminal Procedure and a Violation of Fundamental Guarantees: an Exceptional Criminal Procedure and a Violation of Fundamental Guarantees. Confluências | Interdisciplinary Review of Sociology and Law, [S. l.], v. 28, n. 2, p. 97–120, 2026. DOI: 10.22409/pd1b4q46. Disponível em: https://periodicos.uff.br/confluencias/article/view/70635. Acesso em: 13 oct. 2026.