CRIMINAL REINCIDENCE AND SERIAL CRIME
conceptual aspects and literature review
Keywords:
Criminal reincidence., Serial Criminal, Habitual Criminal, Career Criminal, Professional CriminalAbstract
The article aims to carry out a theoretical approach to the concepts of criminal recidivism and serial offenders, through a literature review, to present a theoretical framework that presents the distinctions between the concepts, which are commonly used in the wrong way. Through the research, it was possible to bring a framework that presents the constitutive elements and that differentiates each of the concepts, in addition to synthetically performing an overview of the main works that use such concepts. Therefore, it is concluded that the article serves as a basis for the elaboration of future works that address the same theme, considering mainly the question that there is an academic gap in Brazil that addresses serial criminals, mainly.