The selectivity of the Brazilian penal system

autores: Fabiana Tourinho Silva Raad Barros;

José Elias Sebiert Santana Junior

Abstract

The present work aims to analyze the problem of the structural selectivity of the Brazilian penal system, as an

instrument of social control, since the principle of isonomy does not seem to be applied, going against with

the official discourse that tends to present Criminal Law with an isonomic feature, equally punishing all those

who violate incriminating precepts to become selective, repressive, stigmatizing and with strong hygienist

traits for a certain social layer. This article seeks to unravel this selectivity in its modus operandi, by trying to

understand the selective functioning of the modern Brazilian penal system, highlighting the points in which

the repressive state system, analyzing current examples of the differentiation of State action in the lower social

classes to the detriment of the higher levels and, when functioning in this way, it proves to be inefficient in

several points of view.

Keywords: Penal system, selectivity, justice