Banca de DEFESA: REBECKA WANDERLEY TANNUSS

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STUDENT : REBECKA WANDERLEY TANNUSS
DATE: 27/06/2022
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: https://meet.google.com/dva-oxav-xtx
TITLE:

THE BODY AS A BATTLEFIELD: ANALYSIS ON FEMALE DRUG TRANSPORT TO THE PRISON SYSTEM

KEY WORDS:

Female Incarceration; Drug trafficking; Drug Transport; Superior Courts; Critical Criminology;

PAGES: 195
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Psicologia
SUMMARY:

The Brazilian prison system has shown alarming numbers in recent decades regarding the incarceration of women, evidenced by the growth of 442% between the years 2000 and 2021. The criminalization process has been predominantly directed at black, young, poor and low-educated women, in addition to being expressive in drug-related crimes. These data are related not only to a greater insertion of these women in the illegal drug market in recent years, but especially to female participation in activities of greater vulnerability and exposure, making them more susceptible to the action of criminal policy, as is the case of women who transport drugs, often referred to as “mules”. Given this, the objective of this research was to analyze the criminalization processes that affect women arrested and convicted for transporting illegal drugs to prisons. To this end, a documentary research was carried out, based on the analysis of 23 decisions of the STF and STJ, selected until the year 2021, about women who were arrested transporting drugs to prisons in Brazil. Data analysis was performed from the theoretical framework of Critical Criminology. The results found indicate that the aforementioned women arrested were, mostly, primary defendants, who carried drugs in their private parts to male units, mothers or partners, arrested during the intimate search procedure, carried a small quantity of drugs, and who were in pre-trial detention. With regard to the narratives of the justice system, divergences were evidenced between the arguments used by the lower courts, in which there were speeches aimed at supposed female dangerousness and the justification of the arrest of these women under the argument of defense of public order, and those pronounced by the higher courts, that presented more progressive and guarantor speeches in the sense of defending the removal of preventive detention and by the understanding that women who transport drugs to prisons were not linked to criminal organizations. It was also possible to verify that the number of decisions that reach the superior courts is minimal compared to the rate of women incarcerated for drug trafficking in the country. It can be concluded that the body of women who transport drugs to prisons is constituted as a territory of disputes, a real battleground, between legal and illegal control instances. Furthermore, the speeches given by the justice system are configured as part of these control mechanisms, and even though the higher courts present themselves as progressive in the face of the current reality of female incarceration, there is much to be covered with regard to the imprisonment of women for the crime of drug trafficking. Given the above, the study is expected to provide critical reflections in order to break with punitive discourses and practices, promoting a critical feminist perspective that thinks of another place for women.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Interna - 1720819 - ILANA LEMOS DE PAIVA
Presidente - 1205730 - ISABEL MARIA FARIAS FERNANDES DE OLIVEIRA
Externo à Instituição - LUDMILA CERQUEIRA CORREIA - UFPB
Externo à Instituição - MARIA NAZARÉ ZENAIDE - UFPB
Externa à Instituição - RENATA MONTEIRO GARCIA - UFPB