Dr Paula Rosa

Lecturer

Department: Social Sciences

Paula Rosa joined Northumbria University in 2023. She is a Lecturer in Criminology and a qualified lawyer in Brazil, where she worked as a criminal defence lawyer in high profile cases. Her research has been mainly on prison policies, having completed a PhD in prison policies and the Inter-American System of Human Rights, at the Faculty of Law of the University of São Paulo (USP). She has published papers and book chapters on white collar crimes, gender-based violence, torture, drugs, prisons, international criminal law and international human rights law. She also does voluntary work with organisations that seek to improve the criminal justice system.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Prisons; prison policies; prisoners' families; punishment; prisons/punishment and international human rights law; gender-based violence.

Key Publications

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Criminological Examination in Brazil: an Inter-American Human Rights-based approach, Nunes Mamede Rosa, P. 17 Jun 2024, In: Urban Crime. An international Journal
Human Rights and Imprisonment: legitimising the penalty or a path to abolition?, Nunes Mamede Rosa, P., Larriera Santurio, S. 7 Sep 2023, 23rd Annual Conference of the European Society of Criminology (ESC)
O estrangeiro como grupo vulnerável perante o sistema de justiça criminal, Nunes Mamede Rosa, P., Gianini Cartocci, L., Alves de Lacerda, F. 21 Aug 2023, Execução penal e direitos humanos de grupos vulneráveis, São Paulo, Editora D'Plácido
O tratamento das pessoas com deficiência nos Sistemas Internacionais de Proteção dos Direitos Humanos, Nunes Mamede Rosa, P., Sire Salgado, J., Burlamaqui Marconi Engler Pinto Viegas, B. 21 Aug 2023, Execução penal e direitos humanos de grupos vulneráveis, São Paulo
The International Criminal Court and the symbolic purpose of trials: rescuing the Court’s legitimacy in developing and least developed countries, Larriera Santurio, S., Nunes Mamede Rosa, P. 6 Dec 2022, In: Revue Internationale de Droit Penal
O Direito à Visita Íntima do Preso: uma análise do caso Marta Lúcia Álvarez Giraldo v. Colômbia, Nunes Mamede Rosa, P. 2021, Estudos de Direito Penal e Direitos Humanos, Belo Horizonte, Brasil, Editora D'Plácido
A função ressocializadora de acordo com o Poder Judiciário: encarceramento em massa e responsabilidade estatal, Nunes Mamede Rosa, P. 2019
A política criminal do poder judiciário e a conformação de elementos dogmáticos do direito penal econômico, Nunes Mamede Rosa, P., Carvalho Gaspar de Barros Bello, L. 29 Aug 2018, Anais do II Congresso de Pesquisas em Ciências Criminais, São Paulo, Brasil, Instituto Brasileiro de Ciências Criminais (IBCCRIM)
A tortura na jurisprudência brasileira: uma análise dos critérios para a desclassificação do crime de tortura, Nunes Mamede Rosa, P. Dec 2017, In: Revista Liberdades
A Vitimologia e a Lei Maria da Penha: previsões legais e prática jurídica, Matozo Especiato, I., Naves, J., Nunes Mamede Rosa, P. 2017, O lugar da vitima nas ciencias criminais, São Paulo, Brasil, LiberArs Ltda.

Qualifications

Law PhD September 01 2021
Law MSc May 10 2017
Lecturer Association of Teachers & Lecturers (ATL) 2023

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