MINISTÉRIO PÚBLICO E EFETIVAÇÃO DE DIREITOS: Auxílio no combate à violência nas novas democracias latino-americanas
This article discusses the importance of public prosecutors to combat widespread violence in Latin America. First, the research refers to a brief history of democratic institutions, starting from the ancient Greece up to the new Latin American democracies. It highlights the attitude of Latin America...
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| author | Anarda Pinheiro Araújo Natália Luiza Alves Martins |
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| description | This article discusses the importance of public prosecutors to combat widespread violence in Latin America. First, the research refers to a brief history of democratic institutions, starting from the ancient Greece up to the new Latin American democracies. It highlights the attitude of Latin American citizens about the legitimacy and efficiency of democratic institutes as an answer to fight social inequality and its consequences, as the frightening increasing of violence. That done, it is necessary to amplify the concept about the concept of violence, crime rates in Latin America, the main victims and the performance of the police in criminal investigations. Finally, it is presented the Public Prosecutor’s Office on Latin America, focusing a preliminary study in the historical evolution of the institution in Brazil, and after that, the ministerial functions in other Latin countries. It is the need for the prosecutors action by in combating violence throughout Latin America, using primarily the legitimacy of their role in criminal investigations as an effective instrument in combating crime and protecting fundamental human rights that is presented in this paper. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3cd372ee2aa54dcf9af164e883eab1f72023-10-18T22:51:04ZengUniversidade Federal do MaranhãoRevista de Políticas Públicas2178-28652009-01-01132279289MINISTÉRIO PÚBLICO E EFETIVAÇÃO DE DIREITOS: Auxílio no combate à violência nas novas democracias latino-americanasAnarda Pinheiro AraújoNatália Luiza Alves MartinsThis article discusses the importance of public prosecutors to combat widespread violence in Latin America. First, the research refers to a brief history of democratic institutions, starting from the ancient Greece up to the new Latin American democracies. It highlights the attitude of Latin American citizens about the legitimacy and efficiency of democratic institutes as an answer to fight social inequality and its consequences, as the frightening increasing of violence. That done, it is necessary to amplify the concept about the concept of violence, crime rates in Latin America, the main victims and the performance of the police in criminal investigations. Finally, it is presented the Public Prosecutor’s Office on Latin America, focusing a preliminary study in the historical evolution of the institution in Brazil, and after that, the ministerial functions in other Latin countries. It is the need for the prosecutors action by in combating violence throughout Latin America, using primarily the legitimacy of their role in criminal investigations as an effective instrument in combating crime and protecting fundamental human rights that is presented in this paper.http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=321127276013democracyviolencelatin americaprosecutorscriminal investigation |
| spellingShingle | Anarda Pinheiro Araújo Natália Luiza Alves Martins MINISTÉRIO PÚBLICO E EFETIVAÇÃO DE DIREITOS: Auxílio no combate à violência nas novas democracias latino-americanas Revista de Políticas Públicas democracy violence latin america prosecutors criminal investigation |
| title | MINISTÉRIO PÚBLICO E EFETIVAÇÃO DE DIREITOS: Auxílio no combate à violência nas novas democracias latino-americanas |
| title_full | MINISTÉRIO PÚBLICO E EFETIVAÇÃO DE DIREITOS: Auxílio no combate à violência nas novas democracias latino-americanas |
| title_fullStr | MINISTÉRIO PÚBLICO E EFETIVAÇÃO DE DIREITOS: Auxílio no combate à violência nas novas democracias latino-americanas |
| title_full_unstemmed | MINISTÉRIO PÚBLICO E EFETIVAÇÃO DE DIREITOS: Auxílio no combate à violência nas novas democracias latino-americanas |
| title_short | MINISTÉRIO PÚBLICO E EFETIVAÇÃO DE DIREITOS: Auxílio no combate à violência nas novas democracias latino-americanas |
| title_sort | ministerio publico e efetivacao de direitos auxilio no combate a violencia nas novas democracias latino americanas |
| topic | democracy violence latin america prosecutors criminal investigation |
| url | http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=321127276013 |
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