Some Current Developments in Brazilian Sociology of Crime

Towards a Criminology

Bibliographic Data

ID12969853
AuthorsRosa Freitas (0000-0003-4900-3897, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, corresponding author), Ludmila Ribeiro (0000-0003-4304-2254, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais)
Year2014
Volume3
Pages175-185
Publication date2014-07-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Criminology and Sociology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1929-4409 • E-ISSN: 1929-4409
PublisherLifescience Global (PUBLISHER • CA)
DOI10.6000/1929-4409.2014.03.16
OpenAlexW2122445946
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited14

This paper discusses the directions taken by sociology of crime in Brazil ever since its appearance, in the dawn of the 1970s, as well as the factors that prevented the development of a true criminology in the country, similar to that already found in North America. It is herein argued that while, on the one hand, Brazilian sociology was indeed able to develop an agenda of research on the processes that account for the criminalization of poorer segments of the population, on the other hand, for not having paid due attention to an entire consolidated body of knowledge available in order countries, it failed to explain rises and declines in criminality rates, and likewise failed to prescribe effective related public policies

Criminalization · Criminology · Economics · Order (exchange · Political science · Population · Social science · Sociology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Demography · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses

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