Criminalidade em Sergipe Del Rei Provincial

Abstract

The theme of this research is to understand the characters and violence in Sergipe in the second half of the 19th century, linked to the field of Social History, a history from the lower classes to the elite, we aim for a quantitative and qualitative research of criminal processes. The objective is to analyze the behavior of people and the functioning and relationship with the recent judicial system. To achieve the proposed objectives, we first observe the criminal typology; second, we characterize defendants and offended parties; the performance of justice, lastly, who the witnesses were and their relationships with the judicial apparatus. The discussions were supported by Sidney Chalhoub (2012), Rachel Soihet (1989), Maria Odila Dias (1984), Maria Sylvia Franco (1976) and Maria Nely Santos (2008). Finally, it is concluded that violence is routinely used to resolve issues within the community and the attempt to survive by the people in both Aracaju and São Cristóvão, in order to deconstruct the myth of harmony inherited through miscegenation.