Criminal Justice and Gender: The Flow of Drug Trafficking in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, from 2009 to 2014

The aim of this article is to understand how gender patterns influence the processing of crimes foreseen in the 2006 law nº 11.343 in the city of Montes Claros, north of Minas Gerais. The analysis of all occurrences related to the drug law between 2009 and 2014 indicate that gender influences the cl...

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Main Authors: Ludmila Ribeiro, Tacyana Karoline Araujo Lopes
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro 2019-05-01
Series:Dilemas: Revista de Estudos de Conflito e Controle Social
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Online Access:https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/dilemas/article/view/14699
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spelling doaj-296c3155162d4231886bd2858c697ff52020-11-25T04:07:54ZspaUniversidade Federal do Rio de JaneiroDilemas: Revista de Estudos de Conflito e Controle Social1983-59222178-27922019-05-0112240142612325Criminal Justice and Gender: The Flow of Drug Trafficking in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, from 2009 to 2014Ludmila Ribeiro0Tacyana Karoline Araujo Lopes1Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG)The aim of this article is to understand how gender patterns influence the processing of crimes foreseen in the 2006 law nº 11.343 in the city of Montes Claros, north of Minas Gerais. The analysis of all occurrences related to the drug law between 2009 and 2014 indicate that gender influences the classification of the crime as trafficking instead of use but does not interfere in the chances of transforming this police occurrence into criminal process. Interviews with operators of the criminal justice system reinforced the perspective of the bandit love, since they pointed out the men as the main cause of the involvement of women in drug trafficking.https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/dilemas/article/view/14699tráfico de drogas, mulheres, justiça criminal, seletividade, Montes Claros
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Criminal Justice and Gender: The Flow of Drug Trafficking in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, from 2009 to 2014
Dilemas: Revista de Estudos de Conflito e Controle Social
tráfico de drogas, mulheres, justiça criminal, seletividade, Montes Claros
author_facet Ludmila Ribeiro
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title Criminal Justice and Gender: The Flow of Drug Trafficking in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, from 2009 to 2014
title_short Criminal Justice and Gender: The Flow of Drug Trafficking in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, from 2009 to 2014
title_full Criminal Justice and Gender: The Flow of Drug Trafficking in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, from 2009 to 2014
title_fullStr Criminal Justice and Gender: The Flow of Drug Trafficking in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, from 2009 to 2014
title_full_unstemmed Criminal Justice and Gender: The Flow of Drug Trafficking in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais, from 2009 to 2014
title_sort criminal justice and gender: the flow of drug trafficking in montes claros, minas gerais, from 2009 to 2014
publisher Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro
series Dilemas: Revista de Estudos de Conflito e Controle Social
issn 1983-5922
2178-2792
publishDate 2019-05-01
description The aim of this article is to understand how gender patterns influence the processing of crimes foreseen in the 2006 law nº 11.343 in the city of Montes Claros, north of Minas Gerais. The analysis of all occurrences related to the drug law between 2009 and 2014 indicate that gender influences the classification of the crime as trafficking instead of use but does not interfere in the chances of transforming this police occurrence into criminal process. Interviews with operators of the criminal justice system reinforced the perspective of the bandit love, since they pointed out the men as the main cause of the involvement of women in drug trafficking.
topic tráfico de drogas, mulheres, justiça criminal, seletividade, Montes Claros
url https://revistas.ufrj.br/index.php/dilemas/article/view/14699
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