Encarceramento em massa e fortalecimento de facções criminosas no Brasil: reflexões à luz da criminologia crítica

Abstract

The present work was elaborated taking into account the chaotic state of the Brazilian penitentiary system and the vibrant punitivism in its structure, which provides the birth and strengthening of criminal factions in the country. Thus, the objective of this monograph was to analyze the phenomenon of mass incarceration in Brazil, outlined by the socioeconomic system of capitalist production and the birth and strengthening of criminal factions, from the perspective of critical criminological bias. To this end, we used bibliographic research carried out in books, articles, dissertations and theses, found in scientific portals and databases, such as the SCIELO databases, Brazilian Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (BDTD) and the CAPES periodicals portal, in dialogue with journalistic materials and based on national legislation on the subject, having as a common denominator the information that the factions have their birth, organization and strengthening in the face of repressive Brazilian prison policies, as was the case of the PCC, created as a response to abuses committed by the São Paulo prison administration.