PUBLIC MINISTRY, CRIMINAL RESEARCH:

The scope of this monographic work is to analyze the constitutional legitimacy of the Public Prosecutor's Office in conducting criminal investigations, i.e., to address whether the 1988 Constitution gives this body the power to conduct investigative proceedings in partnership with the Judiciary Police. The debate is controversial, generating numerous discussions both within the legal community and in the social and political spheres, given that the controversy is based on the lack of legal and constitutional provision to exercise such attribution and the argument of the monopoly of the Judiciary Police. Faced with this "warm" scenario, the aim is to approach a confrontation of doctrinal and jurisprudential positions on this issue.