Abstract
The objective of this article is to review the literature about the use of a research technique named as the analysis of the flux of the criminal justice system. In order to do that, we analyzed the most relevant published researches that used this methodology. We identified that the selected papers had focused both on the selectivity based on cases and defendants by the criminal justice system and the time spent on the criminal lawsuits. We noticed that the selectivity and the time were topics that, mostly, were analyzed based on this quantitative technique. Recently, we have observed new researches focused on the criminal investigation ( inquérito policial) and on criminal procedures. There is, therefore, a large research Field to be explored by qualitative and quantitative researches.
Keywords:
Flux of the System of Justice; Criminal Justice System; Selectivity; Time; Quantitative and qualitative researches