Análise jurídica do serial killer e a atuação dada pela mídia.

Abstract

The current study aims to conceptualize criminally what the serial killers are, how they act and the influence caused by the media to the criminal image. It is common to believe that serial killers are fictional characters from American movies, making society and especially the police do not pay attention to strange behaviors. The serial killer in Brazil is usually randomly discovered after being arrested and confess his crimes. Thus, it will have as general objective to conceptualize and characterize the serial killer, highlighting the key points that must be considered to define this type of criminal, as well as discussing the current measures used in Brazilian legislation to sentence them. Specifically, it will be analyzed the action given by the media to this type of criminal and the impact caused to society. The theme will be exposed in three chapters, where the first exposes a brief historical evolution and conceptualization of the serial killer; the second makes an approach to the juridical aspects about the subject, emphasizing the legislative omission and the possible treatments that are given by the Brazilian justice system; concluding, the third chapter will connect the first two to substantiate the analysis of the action given by the media and the social consequences caused by this influence from the analysis of concrete cases occurred in brazil. Exploratory methods are used as research methods, while for the object, the qualitative method is used, and as research techniques, the bibliographic method is used.