Criminology and Police in Brazil at the turn of the twentieth century

Authors

  • Francisco Linhares Fonteles Neto Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte, Mossoró, RN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15175/1984-2503-20168307

Keywords:

Criminology, offender, police, social control, criminal justice

Abstract

This article seeks to trace the evolution of criminal theories produced by the Italian School of Criminology founded in the nineteenth century, their institutionalization, and impact among the Brazilian intellectuals to have developed police institutions. A particular emphasis is placed on appropriations of the work of Cesare Lombroso and other schools of thought on criminology, as well as their relations with medical discourse. These theories were welcomed into Brazilian social thought, especially among prosecutors and public security officials concerned with maintaining social control, and that ended up stigmatizing the poor, to be socially marginalized. This affected the approach adopted by the police, highlighting factors such as a person’s skin color, income, place of residence and way of dressing, emphasizing social stigmas and consolidating the premise of generalized suspicion of poor individuals.

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Author Biography

Francisco Linhares Fonteles Neto, Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte, Mossoró, RN

Possui graduação em História pela Universidade Federal do Ceará (2002) e mestrado em História Social pela Universidade Federal do Ceará (2005); foi bolsista CAPES no PROCAD - Programa de Cooperação Acadêmica dentro do convênio UFC/PROCAD/UNICAMP que possibilitou a realização do mestrado sanduiche no segundo semestre de 2003, na UNICAMP. Atualmente é professor Adjunto IV da Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte. Doutor em História Social pela UFRJ (2015). Professor nos cursos de graduação em História e membro permanente do corpo docente do curso de Pós-graduação em Ciências Sociais e Humanas. Tem experiência na área de História, com ênfase em História, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: Cidades - Polícia - Controle Social - História Social do Crime e Narrativas de Crime na Imprensa.

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Published

2016-10-03

How to Cite

Fonteles Neto, F. L. (2016). Criminology and Police in Brazil at the turn of the twentieth century. Passages: International Review of Political History and Legal Culture, 8(3), 543-559. https://doi.org/10.15175/1984-2503-20168307

Issue

Vol. 8 - No. 3 - Setembro a Dezembro (2016)

Section

Articles

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