Estudo de caso : a (in)eficácia da legislação penal frente ao furto de veículos em Santa Cruz do Sul/RS.

Abstract

The present work aims to analyze the (in)effectiveness of the criminal legislation applied to crimes of vehicle theft committed in the years 2015 and 2016, in the municipality of Santa Cruz do Sul/RS. Based on the assumption that criminal law is being applied, we question the effects of its application to the perpetrators of such crimes, given the high rates of recurrence in this criminal practice in the municipality of Santa Cruz do Sul/RS? In times of criticism of the brazilian penal system, this approach is pertinent within the city of Santa Cruz do Sul/RS, highlighting the fact that, in fact, criminal laws no longer fulfill their coercive role or are effective against the crime of robbery. vehicle. Using the deductive method, starting from a general study about the crime of theft and particularizing the cases found in Santa Cruz do Sul/RS, allied to the bibliographic method, historical and comparative, by reading and collecting data in public security organs, it is sought to identify and particularize the situations that occurred in the municipality on-screen.