Legal Sensibilities and Implicit Filtering in the Administration of Second Degree Murder on Criminal Persecution

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17648/dilemas.v14n2.32476

Keywords:

second degree murder, legal sensibilities, filtering, flow, system

Abstract

In this paper, I present some data and analysis of ethnography, which composes part of my post-doctoral research in progress. I describe and analyze the logics that guides the institutional administration of the category "second degree murder" throughout the criminal prosecution. The hypothesis is that such a crime does not have an immutable or purely legal character, depending on the police and judicial appraisal before each case, determining how these should be managed institutionally. The purpose is to expose some contradictions of the Brazilian legal culture, exploring the uses of the legal sensitivities in flow analysis to such a crime. 

Author Biography

Michel Lobo Toledo Lima, Universidade Veiga de Almeida

Professor visitante e pesquisador de pós-doutorado no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Direito (PPGD) da Universidade Veiga de Almeida (UVA, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil) e pesquisador do Instituto de Estudos Comparados em Administração de Conflitos (INCT-InEAC). É doutor e mestre pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia (PPGS) do Instituto de Estudos Sociais e Políticos (Iesp) da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Uerj, Brasil), e tem graduação em direito pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio).

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Published

2021-05-03

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Vol. 14 No. 2 (2021): MAI/JUN/JUL/AGO

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