A criminologia de Lilith: teoria de gênero e a questão da capacidade da mulher para delinquir

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to analyze female criminality from the perspective of gender theory, pursuing to demonstrate the differences and specificities of female behavior within criminality. For this, the work will use a historical approach on the construction of gender ideology and its cultural incorporation in the criminological sciences, in order to understand the importance of deconstructing gender paradigms in the transformation of the construction and application of law. Then, the connection of the theme with the Jewish Christian culture will be elaborated, emphasizing the important role of religion in the formation of customs. Then the text exposes the theory of the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan associated with the conception of gender of the philosopher Simone Beauvoir, demonstrating the main reasons for the suppression and disinterest in the study of women as a lawbreaker. It is concluded that the study of women as the central character of crime, analyzing the particularities of the modus operandi and the mechanism of gender-specific power relations are essential for a critical understanding of female crime.