2022-11-282022-11-282020https://repositorioacademico.universidadebrasil.edu.br/handle/123456789/359A change in the environment, a product of action or anthropic activity, generates impacts on human beings and nature, and they are subject to criminalization. Despite environmental laws providing for administrative and judicial sanctions, in some cases the penalty applied is not always reverted to the environment. This research aimed to describe the application of the criminal law to environmental crimes in Rubiataba municipality, Goiás state (Brazil), between 2012 and 2018, to identify complaints and consequent environmental criminal actions in the period and to evaluate the effectiveness of the legal norm and the jurisdictional protection against environmental crimes in relation to sustainability. They used bibliographical and documentary research, carried out in the Criminal Registry of the Rubiataba municipality as well as a field study to visualize places of interest in the research. They identified and analyzed twenty-three criminal proceedings for environmental crimes. The Public Prosecutor's Office proposed a criminal transaction, a conditional suspension and a request to close cases for lack of just cause for criminal action proposal and diligences to the Police Station. The results showed that the offer of the criminal transaction in environmental crimes involves the right to paying a financial penalty, destined for charities not related to environmental preservation.PDFpt-BRopenAccessDestruição de florestasMeio ambienteNormatizaçãoPenalidadesSuspensãomasterThesisCB