Detalhes bibliográficos
| Ano de defesa: |
2009 |
| Autor(a) principal: |
Zilberman, Felipe Eduardo Levit
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| Orientador(a): |
Marques, Oswaldo Henrique Duek |
| Banca de defesa: |
Não Informado pela instituição |
| Tipo de documento: |
Dissertação
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| Tipo de acesso: |
Acesso aberto |
| Idioma: |
por |
| Instituição de defesa: |
Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
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| Programa de Pós-Graduação: |
Programa de Estudos Pós-Graduados em Direito
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| Departamento: |
Faculdade de Direito
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| País: |
BR
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| Área do conhecimento CNPq: |
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| Link de acesso: |
https://tede2.pucsp.br/handle/handle/8595
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Resumo: |
The principle of human dignity, enshrined in article 1, III of the Brazilian Constitution, is a fundamental pillar of Brazilian democracy and rule of law. All the other constitutional principles stem from it. The concept of legitimacy in Criminal Law is also grounded on the principle of human dignity. As a result, criminal sanctions are only considered legitimate when soundly rooted in the principle of human dignity in all its extension. The same can be said about the validity of the medida de segurança (literally, safety measure, or psychiatric sentence) also a kind of criminal sanction , which is also firmly grounded on this principle. Based on this premise, one can conclude that all constitutional principles that apply to criminal sanctions also govern psychiatric sentences. However, when examining Brazilian criminal laws concerning safety measures, a wide gap between the word of the law and the human dignity principle immediately rises to the surface. This study analyzes this existing discrepancy aiming at providing the means for safety measures to be adjusted to fit the boundaries of its nature as a criminal sanction. One of the problems faced is the inconsistency between the indefinite time frame of the safety measure and the constitutional provision prohibiting cruel punishments and life sentences. It understands that the prohibition of cruel punishments and life sentences applies to all criminal sentences and to safety measures. In addition, it investigates the need of clear and precise legal provisions concerning limitation periods for safety measures, in order to comply with the legal security principle; provisions which are non-existing to date. It also questions the criterion adopted by article 97 of the Brazilian Criminal Code to guide the court in selecting the kind of safety measure to be applied to the defendant. It proposes that the only valid criterion to determine whether the defendant be submitted to inpatient or outpatient psychiatric treatment, be medical and expert opinion. Diagnosis and level of danger of a particular criminal must be taken into account. Finally, the study suggests, similarly to what is already done in terms of criminal sentencencing, that criteria be defined in order to enable safety measures to be applied to defendants as single individuals. The individuality principle governs both kinds of criminal sanctions, notably safety measures. Seeing that the safety measure is, in essence, a kind of psychiatric treatment, it is impossible to provide effective care without applying individualized treatment |
