CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE AND ITS REFLECTIONS ON PUBLIC SECURITY

Abstract

The present work seeks to analyze the relationship between criminal laws and public security, aiming to analyze whether the preservation of public order is reflected by the penalties provided for in criminal law. The Constitution provides that public security is the duty of the State, to preserve public order and protect property and public safety, withCriminal and criminal procedural laws being the norms used to define harmful actions, which put the order of society at risk, as a crime, stipulate the penalty and determine the actions of criminal prosecution. This monograph will address the problems of insecurity and the increase in crime rates, which public security is currently facing. Criminal and criminal procedural laws have been the subject of several questions regarding their efficacy and effectiveness in guaranteeing public security. Along with this issue, this monograph will reflect on penalties and their function in relation to crime. It can be concluded, at the end of the research, that the solution to the problems of crime is not found in thoughts such as criminal populism, which defends rigorous and high penalties, but in the conviction that each criminal act will have its penalty and, furthermore, it is necessary to comply with the principle of minimum intervention in Criminal Law. The methodology used was explanatory and quali- quanti research, using books, documents, reports, reports, data and other bibliographies.