A sentença penal como mecanismo de reprodução de estereótipos e preconceitos em face do criminoso e da vítima

Abstract

This work aims to analyze the role played by the criminal sentence as a vehicle for reproducing stereotypes and prejudices about the figures of the criminal and the victim, adding to the legal perspective the scientific contributions offered by Linguistics, Criminology, Victimology, Psychology, and Sociology. For this goal, the ways in which stereotypes of the criminal and the victim were constructed in Brazil are studied, as well as the position of the judge in criminal procedure and the process of elaboration of the criminal sentence. In the end, an analysis of the criminal sentences issued in three concrete cases of major nationwide repercussion, whose contents highlight the persistence of stereotypes and prejudices around the criminal and the victim, is done.