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“Misael's women”: Minor's corruption, costumes outrage and Libidinous acts at Ribeirão Preto (Brazil) judicial district, 1871-1942

The article's objective is study criminal-lawsuits and police-inquiry (minor's corruption, costume's outrage and libidinous acts) at Ribeirão Preto (Brazil) judicial district between 1871-1942. Part of another bigger research about sexual criminality (about sexual crimes and their relationship with marriage's practice in Brazil) connected at social ordenament proposed by the Penal Code (1890). Studied their social applications, reflected in the practice and production of police-inquiry and criminal-lawsuits and their intentions (who's authors; who's destiny; which and why's resolutions like marriage, achievements, condemnations or absolutions etc), these crimes teach us about the construction of social papers and the marriage's roles for the formation of families and subjects adjusted at medical (hygienist) and juridical norms policy at that era, and who miss this one's way punished.

Sexuality; Crime; Family; Minor


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