Batman e a prisão: uma análise das funções da pena na série Arkham

Abstract

The objetctive of this work is to analyze the first two video games of the Batman: Arkham series, relating them to Criminal Law and Criminal Sciences, with a focus on clarifying what critical content the work presents to the way the penalty functions are addressed in the penitentiary system. To acheive this, the utilized metodology was the bibliographic research among literary works about the theme, the material research among the games themselves, and the analysis through playthrough channels on YouTube. The result was an information set about what penalty functions are emphasized in the game's prison environment, and what are the effects of this model of prison in the condemned, the penitenciary agents, the society and the protagonist. The conclusion reached was that the works present a critic to the abandonment of the resocializaing function of the penalty to the detriment of the punitive and preventive functions, causing negative effects to those who work and live in the prison environment and to the society itself.