Anthropology, Law and Criminal Justice: an heterodox combination

  • Roberto Kant de Lima Universidade Federal Fluminense - Universidade Gama Filho
Keywords: Legal Anthropology, Comparative method, Criminal justice, Brazilian police

Abstract

Academic relationships between Law and Anthropology will be discussed in both theoretical and empirical basis, having as main support the institutionalization process of creating a pioneer criminal justice undergraduate course at the Universidade Federal Fluminense, in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. Theoretical questions related to Western legal models for social control and administration of conflicts grounded on the author's ethnographic experience in Brazil and USA will be also discussed. Finally, comments will be made on the characteristics of criminal justice in Brazil and on recent changes in public policies on criminal justice and policing strategies in Rio de Janeiro city.

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Author Biography

Roberto Kant de Lima, Universidade Federal Fluminense - Universidade Gama Filho
Pesquisador de produtividade do CNPq; Cientista do Nosso Estado da FAPERJ. Professor da Universidade Federal Fluminense e da Universidade Gama Filho. Coordenador do Instituto de Estudos Comparados em Administração Institucional de Conflitos/PROPPi/UFF (www.proppi.uff.br/ineac).
Published
2013-07-01
How to Cite
Kant de Lima, R. (2013). Anthropology, Law and Criminal Justice: an heterodox combination. Cuadernos De antropología Social, (37), 43-57. https://doi.org/10.34096/cas.i37.1339
Section
Dossier - Artículos Originales