Aporophobia and Punitive Power in Brazil: Guidelines for a Failed Critical-Criminological Concept (SpringerBriefs in Criminology)
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- Synopsis
- This book provides a critical and reflective analysis of the criminological movement to establish aporophobia as a framework for examining punitive power. It scrutinizes the theoretical, methodological, and political foundations of aporophobia, a concept developed in a distinct sociopolitical reality and reveals the risks of uncritically applying it to Brazil's context. It highlights how aporophobia fails to account for the central role of Brazil&’s history of slavery in shaping its abysmal penal selectivity, which disproportionately targets marginalized groups perceived as social pariahs. By obscuring these structural roots, this movement inadvertently legitimizes Brazil&’s unchecked punitive power, perpetuating the belief in criminal law as a solution to deeply embedded social issues—ultimately reinforcing what is identified as a criminology of blindness that ignores the roots of the abysmal selectivity of punitive power in Brazil. Rooted in critical criminology, the book highlights the limitations of aporophobia as a critical-criminological tool and proposes an alternative framework grounded in intersectionality and Southern epistemologies. These perspectives emphasize the importance of delegitimizing criminal law as a mechanism for addressing social inequalities while constructing a more realistic and emancipatory critique of punitive power. It also exposes the criminal policy of the &“other&”, a caste-based model that erodes the rule of law, even under the punitive new left. Ultimately, the work calls for a criminological approach that engages directly with Brazil&’s historical and systemic inequalities, offering a globally informed yet locally grounded analysis of the selective exercise of punitive power.
- Copyright:
- 2025
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- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9783032017536
- Related ISBNs:
- 9783032017529
- Publisher:
- Springer Nature Switzerland
- Date of Addition:
- 10/21/25
- Copyrighted By:
- The Editor
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Social Studies, Law, Legal Issues and Ethics
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- Bookshare Staff
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- This is a copyrighted book.