Decision-making in an inquisitorial system: Lessons from Brazil

Ribeiro, Ludmila; Diniz, Alexandre Magno Alves; Lages, Lívia Bastos

doi:10.1111/lasr.12591

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“…The appropriation of the system by researchers in these areas favors the understanding and elaboration of public policies that allow for reductions in social vulnerabilities [84], the equitable distribution of public infrastructure in cities [85], improvements in public healthcare services [86], making better decisions in custody hearings [87], promoting the digital maturation of companies, achieving opportunities and avoiding market threats [88], and improving accessibility to healthcare facilities [89], among others.…”

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Fuzzy-Set-Based Multi-Attribute Decision-Making, Its Computing Implementation, and Applications

Ferreira,

Ribeiro,

Schuffner

et al. 2024

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This paper reflects the results of research analyzing models of multi-attribute decision-making based on fuzzy preference relations. Questions of constructing the corresponding multi-attribute models to deal with quantitative information concomitantly with qualitative information based on experts’ knowledge are considered. Human preferences may be represented within the fuzzy preference relations and by applying diverse other preference formats. Considering this, so-called transformation functions reduce any preference format to fuzzy preference relations. This paper’s results can be applied independently or as part of a general approach to solving a wide class of problems with fuzzy coefficients, as well as within the framework of a general scheme of multi-criteria decision-making under conditions of uncertainty. The considered techniques for fuzzy preference modeling are directed at assessing, comparing, choosing, prioritizing, and/or ordering alternatives. These techniques have served to develop a computing system for multi-attribute decision-making. It has been implemented in the C# programming language, utilizing the “.NET” framework. The computing system allows one to represent decision-makers’ preferences in one of five preference formats. These formats and quantitative estimates are reduced to nonreciprocal fuzzy preference relations, providing homogeneous preference information for decision procedures. This paper’s results have a general character and were applied to analyze power engineering problems.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fuzzy-Set-Based Multi-Attribute Decision-Making, Its Computing Implementation, and Applications

Ferreira,

Ribeiro,

Schuffner

et al. 2024

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“…For example, most police arrests are based on little to no investigation, with the majority of people who are arrested and detained classified by police as having been “caught in the act” of a criminal legal offense (Bergman & Fondevila, 2021; Semer, 2019). Among recent reforms, pre‐trial custody hearings have been introduced to mitigate arbitrary pre‐trial detention and enhance judicial oversight of police work and arrests (Lorenzo et al., 2009; Ribeiro et al., 2022); in practice, however, Akotirene's (2024) analysis of hearings in Bahia's city of Salvador conceptualizes them as vivid “scenes of colonial power” in contemporary democracy: overwhelmingly white court authorities carry out an almost “pre‐determined” ritual that legitimizes police arrests in most cases and dismisses Black people's accounts of police torture, coerced confessions or forged evidence.…”

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Penal state power in Latin America: Cases, concepts and questions for the political sociology of penality

Santos

2024

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Examining penality across different regions and periods of time allows us to develop both a robust empirical imaginary and conceptual understanding of the commonalities and variation in how penal state power operates. In this article I elaborate key dimensions of penality in contemporary Latin America. Since the late 20th century, Latin American countries have undergone economic and political transformations with profound effects for the organization of their societies and the features and implications of penal state power. First, I situate research on penal state practices in Latin American countries within the broader dynamics of violence and social conflict across the region. Second, I review scholarship on the relationship between the features of penal state policies and reform in the region and the transformative, procedural and cultural dimensions of democracy. Third, I describe initiatives to expand state capacities to incarcerate criminalized people at an unprecedented scale and clarify the relationship of carceral administration to social order and political legitimacy across Latin America. I then conclude by elaborating how penality in Latin America contributes to our broader understanding of the relationship between penal power, state authority, and inequality; and I highlight three lines of inquiry for future research.

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“…However, their positions are obtained through competitive exams. These jobs are highly sought after as they entail prestige, high salaries, and job stability (Ribeiro et al, 2022).…”

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Assessing Racial Disparities in Homicide Sentencing: Findings From Brazil

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Santos

Ribeiro

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Over the past four decades, hundreds of studies have examined the presence of racial disparities in criminal punishment. The bulk of this research has been conducted in the United States and a few other western democracies, with limited research assessing the presence of racial disparities in criminal sentencing for homicides in South America. Using information gathered via original data collection on homicide cases from five different capital cities in Brazil, the current study examines two criminal court outcomes: whether a defendant was convicted and the length of sentence. Findings reveal the absence of racial disparities in conviction decisions, even though Black and Brown defendants received longer sentence lengths. Supplementary analyses show racial disparities in sentence length are most pronounced when the homicide victim was White. Implications for studying court outcomes in international contexts are discussed.

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Decision-making in an inquisitorial system: Lessons from Brazil

Cited by 8 publications

References 45 publications

Fuzzy-Set-Based Multi-Attribute Decision-Making, Its Computing Implementation, and Applications

Fuzzy-Set-Based Multi-Attribute Decision-Making, Its Computing Implementation, and Applications

Penal state power in Latin America: Cases, concepts and questions for the political sociology of penality

Assessing Racial Disparities in Homicide Sentencing: Findings From Brazil

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