The paradox of police violence in democratic Brazil

Caldeira, Teresa

doi:10.1177/146613802401092742

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“…Ali, 2007) is vast. By engaging with work related to other divided cities with comparable histories of segregation, namely Jerusalem (Safier, 2001; Yiftachel and Yacobi, 2003), Istanbul (Dagˇtaş, 2016; Eken, 2014; Ozturkcan et al., 2017), Nicosia (Gaffikin et al., 2010), Johannesburg (Murray, 2011) and Rio de Janeiro (Caldeira, 2002; Goldstein, 2003; Steinbrink, 2014), and specifically Bollens (2018) for Belfast, we were able to gain a more nuanced appreciation of how shared spaces resist , reinforce and transform territorial divergences.The next section will locate the public park historically and within the policy framework for Belfast to then present the tensions that emerged as we engaged with selected concepts and authors.…”

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‘I stick to this side of the park’: Parks as shared spaces in contemporary Belfast

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Mell

2020

Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space

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This paper presents the results of the ‘Beyond the Peace Walls’ pilot project, which examined the role of urban parks in Belfast, a city marked by a history of sectarianism. It explores the interface of culture, inclusivity and belonging through the concept of ‘shared spaces’ following the rationale that has guided policy-making in Northern Ireland since the signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998. By examining the alternative narratives of the historical role of public parks, as spaces of community making, alongside recent efforts to overcome sectarianism, it investigates how the lived experience of parks articulated through the concept of ‘shared spaces’ is understood by policy-makers and local communities. The research draws on material collected in conversations with park goers framed by comparative analysis of research undertaken in other segregated cities to explore the extent to which urban design curbs or reinforces segregation. Findings reveal ongoing tensions between the neutralisation and the signification of space underlying place restructuring in Belfast rejecting the claim that parks are ‘neutral’ compared to other ‘interface’ locations. We argue that parks are not neutral spaces: people have very clear understandings of the demarcation of space within parks, even if the markers are not visible for all to see. Signifiers are perceived through gestures, language, names and activities, while shared spaces embody historically informed values and constraints. We also suggest that formal planning and management of shared spaces in Belfast need to be constantly evolving to meet the fluid needs and aspirations of the city’s population, while taking into account the historical and affective relevance of physical and ethno-political segregation.

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‘I stick to this side of the park’: Parks as shared spaces in contemporary Belfast

Lang

Mell

2020

Environment and Planning E: Nature and Space

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“…Outros pesquisadores também sustentam que até mesmo "favelados" não necessariamente se opõem ao modus operandi da polícia, mas à sua falta de seletividade (SILVA;LEITE, 2007). Há, ainda, pesquisadores que identificam moradores de favelas e regiões periféricas que concordam e, muitas vezes, reivindicam tal prática policial (CHEVIGNY, 1990;CALDEIRA, 2002;FELTRAN, 2008). Laura CAPRIGLIONE (2015), ao narrar a prática de pessoas que apresentam a carteira de trabalho de seus parentes mortos pela polícia, também indica, ainda que de maneira indireta, como a ilegalidade de tais mortes é, mesmo que em última instância, comprovada pela "legalidade" da vida do morto.…”

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Another capital punishment: the lethal violence of the Brazilian penal system

Santo

2020

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A letalidade policial no Brasil tem sido um tema amplamente discutido e investigado, não somente por pesquisadores brasileiros, mas inclusive por órgãos e institutos internacionais. O presente trabalho não pretende revelar as determinações causais deste fenômeno, mas demonstrar como tal prática se configura como uma pena de morte oficializada. Para tanto, o artigo é divido em duas partes, ambas sustentadas por análises comparativas de dados secundários. Na primeira, expõem-se números e características da conduta policial, viabilizando uma apreciação sobre a hipótese do uso excessivo da força letal pela polícia brasileira. Na segunda, ao considerar também o papel do Ministério Público e do Poder Judiciário, a “pena de morte oficializada” é comparada tanto com a pena de morte oficial aplicada em outros países, quanto com a aplicação da pena de prisão no Brasil. De tal forma, conclui-se que a letalidade policial massiva não configura apenas uma prática de assassinatos “extrajudiciais”, mas, em realidade, representa a aplicação de uma outra pena de morte na realidade brasileira.

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“… 151 Police militarization is the subject of a significant research agenda within anthropology. For examples, see Davis 1992; Stephen 1999; Caldeira 2002; Wacquant 2008; Savell 2014. …”

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Criminal Politics: An Integrated Approach to the Study of Organized Crime, Politics, and Violence

Barnes¹

2017

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Over the last decade, organized criminal violence has reached unprecedented levels and has caused as much violent death globally as direct armed conflict. Nonetheless, the study of organized crime in political science remains limited because these organizations and their violence are not viewed as political. Building on recent innovations in the study of armed conflict, I argue that organized criminal violence should no longer be segregated from related forms of organized violence and incorporated within the political violence literature. While criminal organizations do not seek to replace or break away from the state, they have increasingly engaged in the politics of the state through the accumulation of the means of violence itself. Like other non-state armed groups, they have developed variously collaborative and competitive relationships with the state that have produced heightened levels of violence in many contexts and allowed these organizations to gather significant political authority. I propose a simple conceptual typology for incorporating the study of these organizations into the political violence literature and suggest several areas of future inquiry that will illuminate the relationship between violence and politics more generally.

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The paradox of police violence in democratic Brazil

Cited by 91 publications

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‘I stick to this side of the park’: Parks as shared spaces in contemporary Belfast

‘I stick to this side of the park’: Parks as shared spaces in contemporary Belfast

Another capital punishment: the lethal violence of the Brazilian penal system

Criminal Politics: An Integrated Approach to the Study of Organized Crime, Politics, and Violence

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