Electronic monitoring of people in criminal scope: considerations about the transcourse of the technology

Abstract

In the research, considerations about the technology of electronic monitoring of people in criminal scope were outlined, with the problem focused on the question: does the electronic monitoring measure in Brazil have the power to offer more freedom to the inmates or does it offer a greater level of control? The initial hypothesis was that, despite the possibilities of freedom theoretically arranged around the electronic monitoring of people, the threshold of control that is established, in practice, surpasses the promised advantages of the institute. To analyze the feasibility of this hypothesis, two sections were established in the investigation: the first, concerning to the initial aspects of electronic monitoring of people in criminal sphere, as well as the possibilities that already appear in the future horizon of the measure; and the second, referring to the reality of the device in Brazil, taking into consideration the manifest opposition between horizons of freedom and control boundaries. In methodological terms, a hypothetical-deductive approach was used and bibliographic, legislative and jurisprudential analyzes were conducted. As final considerations, the initial hypothesis was confirmed, understanding that the sphere of control of electronic monitoring technology in Brazil exceeds the possibilities of freedom. Despite, it was proposed a horizon of possibility for the expansion of freedoms and (re)socialization to monitored individuals, starting