International Journal of Advanced Engineering Research and Science (IJAERS) ISSN: 2349-6495(P) | 2456-1908(O) Vol-8, Issue-2; Feb, 2021 Journal Home Page Available: https://ijaers.com/ Journal DOI: 10.22161/ijaers Article DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.22161/ijaers.82.34 www.ijaers.com Page | 266 Reflective Groups: Viable and Necessary Environmental Penal Alternative Angela Issa Haonat 1 , Angelo Ricardo Balduino 2 , Silvânia Gonçalves de Carvalho 3 , Oseias Costa Rego 4 1 Professor at the Postgraduate Stricto Sensu of the Master's Program in Jurisdictional Provision and Human Rights at the Federal University of Tocantins, Brazil 2 Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Tocantins - Brazil 3 Stricto Sensu Postgraduate Program of the Master's Program in Jurisdictional Provision and Human Rights at the Federal University of Tocantins, Brazil 4 Pedagogical Coordinator of the Citizenship and Justice Secretariat of Tocantins, Brazil Received: 03 Nov 2020; Received in revised form: 22 Jan 2021; Accepted: 19 Feb 2021; Available online: 26 Feb 2021 ©2021 The Author(s). Published by AI Publication. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Keywords — Environmental Law, Human Rights, Environmental Criminal Alternatives, Environmental Education, Reflective Groups. Abstract— This article aims to present the evolution of environmental criminal law in the Brazilian legal system, consequently of the Criminal Alternatives, in face of the connection of Human Rights with Environmental Law and the new world perspectives of protection of the environment, through a thorough literature review. According to a philosophical context about environmental problems and the evolution of norms that protect nature, due to the ineffectiveness of environmental penal alternatives, it is possible to understand that a punitive measure of an educational and socially useful character is necessary, since everything that involves man and the environment must be seen according to a metaphysical-ontological construction, since they cannot be separated, due to the fact that it composes nature itself. Thus, it concludes that it is possible to include the Reflective Groups as a more viable criminal alternative to the educational context when committing environmental crimes, whether by individuals or legal entities. Although not included in specific legislation, it is certain that this is the most viable alternative because it provides the person in prison with the opportunity to promote environmental awareness and education. I. INTRODUCION Environmental crimes have taken on alarming proportions, which make it necessary for the Judiciary to act effectively in the application of environmental protection rules - in particular the Environmental Crimes Law No. 9,605, of 02/12/1998 - according to the precepts of the Constitution of 1988, it is still not widespread in the legal environment, according to Antunes (2014). To the violator of the ambient laws must be applied a punitive measure of an educational and socially useful nature, so as not to depart from society and especially from the family the perpetrator of the offense when the penalty imposed is served. The sanctions imposed on the individual who committed such crimes should be alternative measures that make the environmental offending aware that the environment is a universal and indispensable good to human beings, as authorized by the Environmental Crimes Act and Law No. 9,795 of 27/04/1999 - which establishes the National Environmental Education Policy - and defends Takada and Ruschel (2012).