TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Torture, beheading, revenge, and retaliation: spectacularization of deaths in filmed homicides
JO  - Journal of crime and criminal behavior
A1  - Ferreira, Leonardo Borges
A1  - Iglesias, Fabio
A1  - Verde, Miguel Angel Soria
SP  - 101
EP  - 120
VL  - 3
IS  - 1
N2  - When killing includes extreme brutalities, sometimes called extralethal violence, it usually carries a social function that goes beyond that of a "mere" execution. In this research were present the analysis of a filmed triple homicide that was committed and deliberately spread through social networks by members of an organized crime group in northeastern Brazil. Content analyses of seven amateur videos showed that the tortures, murders, and beheading were producing a type of criminal propaganda. Apparently, the perpetrators acted in accordance with criminal social norms, without any reluctance to commit the killings. Remarkably, one of the criminals ordered the deaths from inside a prison by phone. Feelings of belonging to the criminal organization, deindividuation, obedience to the leader, dehumanization, and repulsion towards members of rival criminal groups, are discussed as a basic dynamic of this type of extreme violence.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 2583-0244
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.47509/JCCB.2023.v03i01.06
ID  - ref1
ER  -