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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Autores principales: Anarda Pinheiro Araújo, Natália Luiza Alves Martins
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:3cd372ee2aa54dcf9af164e883eab1f72021-11-11T15:50:41ZMINISTÉRIO PÚBLICO E EFETIVAÇÃO DE DIREITOS: Auxílio no combate à violência nas novas democracias latino-americanas2178-2865https://doaj.org/article/3cd372ee2aa54dcf9af164e883eab1f72009-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=321127276013https://doaj.org/toc/2178-2865This 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.Anarda Pinheiro AraújoNatália Luiza Alves MartinsUniversidade Federal do Maranhãoarticledemocracyviolencelatin americaprosecutorscriminal investigationPolitical scienceJPolitical institutions and public administration (General)JF20-2112ENESFRPTRevista de Políticas Públicas, Vol 13, Iss 2, Pp 279-289 (2009)
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Anarda Pinheiro Araújo
Natália Luiza Alves Martins
MINISTÉRIO PÚBLICO E EFETIVAÇÃO DE DIREITOS: Auxílio no combate à violência nas novas democracias latino-americanas
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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author Anarda Pinheiro Araújo
Natália Luiza Alves Martins
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title 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_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_sort ministério público e efetivação de direitos: auxílio no combate à violência nas novas democracias latino-americanas
publisher Universidade Federal do Maranhão
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