"Vandals", "Workers" and "Citizens": Criminal Subjection and Political Legitimacy in the Criminalization of June 2013 Protests

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Author(s):	de Almeida, Frederico Total Authors: 1
Document type:	Journal article
Source:	Dados; v. 63, n. 3, p. 33-pg., 2020-01-01.
Abstract
This article aimed to analyze a criminal subjection process identified in a study about the criminalization of protests held in June 2013 in the city of Sao Paulo. Initially formulated to understand the "marginal" and the "bandit" as criminals produced by police and judicial intervention in a context of urban violence structured by inequalities, using the concept of criminal subjection in the analysis of the subjectification processes of actors involved in protest practices with evident political content raises specific questions: How to understand criminal subjection processes affecting political activists and social movements? What are the social and political effects of these processes for the constitution of a democratic political space and the legitimation of political protest in Brazilian politics? To answer these questions, this study analyzed criminal proceedings, institutional documents, interviews with protesters and criminal justice agents and authors of media texts. (AU)

FAPESP's process:	15/00255-4 - Political conflict and judicial system: the criminal judicialization of urban protests at São Paulo (2013-2015)
Grantee:	Frederico Normanha Ribeiro de Almeida
Support Opportunities:	Regular Research Grants