Critical aspects of expansion of the possibilities of technological resources in criminal research: Artificial intelligence within the control and punishment system

Abstract

This article aims to critically analyze the potential negative influences of the use of new technologies in the control and punishment system. Given the amount of tools currently managed, both by governments and the private sector, we opted for a panoramic analysis, initially proposing a kind of possible scenario for the dynamics of the investigation process. The central problem with which we are concerned is the expansion of state and private intervention in individual freedoms, which is reflected in the restriction of procedural guarantees, directly affecting the dignity of the human person, even if it argues the need for a parity between the accusation and defense. Starting from a punctual bibliographic review on the use of machines with artificial intelligence in research, articulating literature located between technology and law, based mainly on the hypothetical deductive method, we conclude not by the need to expand, but to limit, in practically all aspects, the use of artificial intelligence machines and the dissemination of potential criminal investigators.