Pragmatismo Jurídico e Desconstrução no Enfrentamento ao Tráfico Internacional de Mulheres

Igor Pereira

doi:10.17655/rdct.2026.e0003

Authors

Igor Pereira IFRJ https://orcid.org/0009-0006-5549-517X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17655/rdct.2026.e0003

Keywords:

Criminal Regulation, International Trafficking in Women, Public Policy, Legal Pragmatism, Sexual Exploitation, Fundamental Rights

Abstract

This article examines the regulatory nature of the Brazilian criminal system through the lens of public policies aimed at combating international trafficking in women for sexual exploitation. The theoretical framework draws on the dialogue between Richard Rorty's pragmatism and Jacques Derrida's deconstruction, grounding the research within Critical Legal Studies. Employing inductive reasoning and jurimetrics, the study analyzes quantitative data from Brazil's National Reports on Trafficking in Persons (2005-2016), the U.S. Department of State's Trafficking in Persons Reports (2001-2018), and the Polaris Project (2017). The comparative analysis between Brazil and the United States reveals that criminal decisions follow a public policy rationale, guided by administrative principles such as legality, efficiency, and transparency, rather than a merely punitive selectivity. Findings indicate persistent underreporting, a predominance of young female victims, and insufficient allocation of state resources for trafficking prevention. The article concludes that criminal regulation constitutes a set of real-incidence decisions aimed at reducing social risks, and that Brazil fails to comply with its international and constitutional obligations by not prioritizing women's protection within its public security strategies

Author Biography

Igor Pereira, IFRJ

Professor de Direito do Instituto Federal do Rio de Janeiro (IFRJ). Pós-Doutorado em Direito pela Universidade da Califórnia - Berkeley. Doutor em Direito pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). LLM pela Universidade da Califórnia - Berkeley, com dupla-especialização: Justiça Social e Direito Empresarial. Mestre em Direito pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ). Especialista em Direito Público pela Universidade Estácio de Sá (UNESA). Professor licenciado de Direito Constitucional, Direito Administrativo e Direito Penal da Universidade Cândido Mendes (UCAM) | Email: igor@direitonovo.com

References

BARKOW, Rachel. Criminal law as regulation. New York University Journal of Law & Liberty. New York, v. 8, n. 2, 2014. Disponível em: <https://static1.squarespace.com/static/514e1ca0e4b04c6ad1834313/t/55356405e4b0b7c764633b3e/1429562373208/Barkow.pdf>. Acesso em: 1 fev. 2019.

BARKOW, R. E. Separation of powers and the criminal law. Stanford Law Review, v. 58, 2014, p. 989-1054.

BARRAL, Welber. Metodologia da pesquisa jurídica. Belo Horizonte: Del Rey, 2007.

BRASIL. Relatório Nacional sobre Tráfico de Pessoas: Consolidação dos dados de 2005-2011. Brasília: Secretaria Nacional de Justiça, 2012, p. 50. Relatório Técnico.

BRASIL. Relatório Nacional sobre Tráfico de Pessoas: dados de 2012. Brasília: Secretaria Nacional de Justiça e Escritório das Nações Unidas contra Drogas e Crime, 2014.

BRASIL. Relatório Nacional sobre Tráfico de Pessoas: dados de 2013. Brasília: Secretaria Nacional de Justiça, 2015b.

BRASIL. Relatório Nacional sobre Tráfico de Pessoas: Consolidação dos dados de 2014-2016. Brasília: Secretaria Nacional de Justiça, 2017.

CWIKEL, J; HOBAN, E. Contentious Issues in Research on Trafficked Women Working in the Sex Industry: Study Design, Ethics, and Methodology. The Journal of Sex Research, v. 42, n. 4, p. 306-316, 2005.

DERRIDA, Jacques. Force de loi: le fondement mystique de l'autorité. Cardozo Law Review - Deconstruction and the Possibility of Justice. New York, v. 11, n. 5-6, p. 920-1045, 1990.

ELLIOTT, Jessica. The Role of Consent in Human Trafficking. 1. ed. Routledge, 2014.

HUDSON, Barbara. Punishing the Poor: Dilemmas of Justice and Difference. In:

HEFFERNAN, William C.; KLEINING, John. From social justice to criminal justice: Poverty and the administration of criminal law. New York: Oxford University Press, 2000, p. 189-216.

HUGHES, D.M.; CHON, K.Y.; ELLERMAN, D.P. Modern-Day Comfort Women: The U.S. Military, Transnational Crime, and the Trafficking of Women. Violence Against Women, v. 13, n. 9, p. 901-922, 2007.

JENSEN, Michael. With prostitution, when is consent not consent?. ABC. 2016. Disponível em: <https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-04-28/jensen-with-prostitution,-when-is-consent-not-consent/7363782>. Acesso em: 15 jan. 2019.

JORDHEIM, Alice. Made in the U.S.A.: The Sex Trafficking of America's Children. 1. ed. HigherLife Publishing, 2014. 277 p.

LIMA, Álvaro Eduardo de Castro e; CASTRO, Alanni de Lacerda Barbosa de. Brasileiros nos Estados Unidos: meio século (re)fazendo a América (1960-2010). Brasília: FUNAG, 2017. 143 p.

LOEVINGER, Lee. Jurimetrics: The Methodology of Legal Inquiry. Heidi Online, 1963.

LOEVINGER, Lee. Jurimetrics: The Next Step Forward. Heidi Online, 1949.

POLARIS PROJECT. Growing Awareness. Growing Impact. 2017. Disponível em: <http://polarisproject.org/sites/default/files/2017NHTHStats%20%281%29.pdf>. Acesso em: 28 mar. 2019.

RORTY, Richard. Philosophy and social hope. New York: Penguin, 1999.

RORTY, Richard. Remarks on Deconstruction and Pragmatism. In: MOUFFE, Chantal (Org.). Deconstruction and pragmatism. New York: Routledge, 2005.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Department of State. Trafficking in Persons Report. Washington D.C.: U.S. Department of State, [s.d.].