O efeito Lúcifer na execução penal brasileira

Abstract

The Stanford Project, dubbed the Lucifer Effect, was a psychological experiment designed to study human behavior when subjected to imprisonment experience. Led by Psychologist Philip Zimbardo, the project simulated a mini-prison at Stanford College in 1971, although it was created to last two weeks, lasted only six days as it had to be stopped in view of the behavioral and psychological changes experienced both. guards and prisoners, justifying the nickname given to the project, because before the project started the volunteers were “good” people, however during the project underwent a huge transformation, showing that the environment substantially influences the behavior of the project. individual. This paper compares the Stanford Project and the Brazilian prisons, both in physical and psychological terms of prisoners and prison officers, police officers, directors, etc. Thus, it can be observed that the prison problems present in Brazil, not only the infrastructure, such as overcrowding, poor hygiene, violence, among others, but also the psychological factor should be viewed as an object of study, so that it can prevent violence and rehabilitate the incarcerated.