The value of words in the brazilian criminal process

weighting the words isolated from the victim and the defendant in judicial cases of gender-based violence

Abstract

The present work seeks to identify the judicial value of the manifestations of those involved in the criminal process, specifically confronting the version of the offended person and the offender, when there is no other evidence to confirm the history presented in criminal court, specifically in the area of domestic violence. It addresses the premises that underpin the procedural evidence under the mantle of the current constitutional stage, in order to understand the legal nature and the character the manifestations of the victims and the offenders in the criminal process, which its positioned away from a testimonial evidence. It presents the Judicial Courts positions and the view of the theoretical scholars on the subject.