Inês Tavares

About

Biography

Inês Tavares holds a Bachelor's degree in Law and a Master's in Public Law from the State University of Rio de Janeiro (Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – UERJ). After passing the Bar exam, she worked in law enforcement, primarily at the Federal Prosecutor's Office in Rio de Janeiro, focusing on white-collar crime. In 2019, she began a joint PhD in Criminology at the University of Ottawa and in Law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.

Positions

Full-time Faculty

Faculty of Education and Professional Studies - School of Criminal Justice

Education

PhD Criminology, University of Ottawa and Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Law School (in progress)

LLM, Rio de Janeiro State University, Law School (Brazil)

LLB, Rio de Janeiro State University, Law School (Brazil)

Research Interests / Areas

Current Interests: Cancel culture. Online public shaming. Surveillance. Pre-modern forms of punishment. Guilty Pleas. Summary offences.

Current and Future Research: Ines Tavares is completing a dissertation on processes of online public shaming. In addition to her doctoral work, she is currently investigating the processing of guilty pleas in summary offence cases in Ontario.

About

Publications

2025. Tavares, I. F. D. “Who Is Cancelling? Examining Interest as a Determining Factor for Participation in Online Public Shaming.” Contemporânea - Revista de Sociologia Da UFSCar 15 (May 13, 2025). https://doi.org/10.14244/contemp.v15.1395.

2022. Xavier, J. R. F., Tavares, I. F. D. & Chaves. S. R. (2023). Cancelling crusades as a strategy of societal reaction. Revista Direito e Práxis, 14(2), 827-858. https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/index.php/revistaceaju/article/view/60100

2016. Tavares, I. F. D. (2016.) The inclusion of recused judges in the voting of disciplinary decisions: Critical analysis of the jurisprudence of the STF [Federal Supreme Court] and CNJ [National Council of Justice] [Inclusão de impedidos e suspeitos na base de cálculo do quórum de votação em procedimento administrativo disciplinar: Análise crítica da jurisprudência do STF e do CNJ]. Revista de Política Judiciária, Gestão e Administração da Justiça [Journal of Judicial Policy, Management and Administration of Justice], 2(1), 132–151. https://indexlaw.org/index.php/revistapoliticiajudiciaria/article/view/519

2015. Tavares, I. F. D. (2015). Religious reasons in the public sphere: An analysis of the speeches of Brazilian Pentecostal congressmen [Razões religiosas na esfera pública: uma análise da atuação pentecostal no Congresso Nacional]. Revista Publicum [Publicum Journal], 1(1), 102–139. https://doi.org/10.12957/PUBLICUM.2015.19148

Book Chapters

2024. Tavares, I. F. D. & Xavier, J. R. F. (2024). Thinking the RPM beyond the Criminal Justice System: the public’s punishing ideas in the Mariana Ferrer’s case [Pensando a RPM para além do Sistema de Direito Criminal: as ideias penais do público no caso Mariana Ferrer]. In Mariana Possas, Frederico Soares, José Roberto Xavier (Eds.) A racionalidade penal moderna: novos debates sobre o Sistema de Justiça Criminal. . . Editora Mórula, RJ. In press.