Correct or punish? Analysis of establishments for young apprentices

• Grant number: 24/15079-6
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: October 01, 2024
• End date: September 30, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Law - Theory of Law
• Principal Investigator: Alan Wruck Garcia Rangel
• Grantee: João Pedro Cardoso Fachini Giraldo
• Host Institution: Instituto de Estudos Brasileiros (IEB). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 20/11972-7 - The correctional punishment of the minor (1840-1930), AP.JP

Abstract

A pre-analysis of the sources revealed that the conceptual field of the right to correction expanded in the late 18th century. Until then, correcting was often used as a synonym for punishing. The afflictive penalties and tortures applied to the body of the guilty, typical of a criminal law based on intimidation, give way to sweeter penalties that aim to regenerate the person of the condemned person. However, this philosophy of correction will coexist with that of punishment for a long time to come. The scholarship holder's task will be to test these two types of conception - corrective and punitive - in establishments for minor apprentices in the armed forces.