Abstract
Neste artigo são exploradas as narrativas dos inspetores da Polícia Judiciária (PJ) relativamente aos processos de vigilância e identificação de suspeitos de crime. Recorrendo a uma perspetiva teóricometodológica do tipo interpretativo e qualitativo, deseja-se mapear o sentido e compreender o significado que os inspetores da PJ atribuem às suas práticas no decurso da investigação criminal. A aplicação da ciência e da tecnologia na investigação criminal exige uma reflexão em torno dos impactos que estas acarretam. Apesar do potencial uso da ciência e tecnologia na investigação criminal, confrontamo-nos com uma série de obstáculos que nos demonstram os limites deste processo de cientifização. As novas tecnologias de recolha e manuseamento de informação sobre suspeitos e condenados por crime complementam os meios tradicionais de investigação criminal, criando-se assim uma figura híbrida do detetive policial.
In this paper we explore the narratives of the Portuguese Criminal Investigation Police (Polícia Judiciária) about surveillance and identification aimed at crime suspects. Through an interpretive and qualitative theoretical-methodological perspective, we aim to understand the views of these agents concerning police practices of criminal investigation. The application of scientific knowledge and the technology to criminal investigation requires a reflection of its impacts. Despite the potential use of science and technology in criminal investigation, we face a set of obstacles that shows the limits of this scientificization process. The new technologies of collection and use of information about suspects and convicted offenders complement the traditional means of criminal investigation, thus creating a hybrid figure of detective.
In this paper we explore the narratives of the Portuguese Criminal Investigation Police (Polícia Judiciária) about surveillance and identification aimed at crime suspects. Through an interpretive and qualitative theoretical-methodological perspective, we aim to understand the views of these agents concerning police practices of criminal investigation. The application of scientific knowledge and the technology to criminal investigation requires a reflection of its impacts. Despite the potential use of science and technology in criminal investigation, we face a set of obstacles that shows the limits of this scientificization process. The new technologies of collection and use of information about suspects and convicted offenders complement the traditional means of criminal investigation, thus creating a hybrid figure of detective.
Translated title of the contribution | The hybrid detective: technological innovation and tradition in criminal investigation |
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Original language | Portuguese |
Pages (from-to) | 11-24 |
Journal | Revista Tecnologia e Sociedade |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 20 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 13 Dec 2014 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- Criminal investigation
- Identification
- Science
- Surveillance
- Technology