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2030-01-01
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POOR YOUTHS AND ‘PACIFICATION’: DILEMMAS BETWEEN DISCOURSE AND PRACTICE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT POLICING IN RIO DE JANEIRO’S FAVELAS
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Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (ESS/UFRJ). Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University of Dundee. UK.
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (ESS/UFRJ). Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil.
University of Dundee. UK.
Abstract
This article explores the social representations of youngsters from favelas in Rio de Janeiro on
police practices in the context of the implementation of ‘Pacifying Police Units’. Drawing from
fieldwork, participant observation and interviews, the authors analyse the narratives and practices
which influence relations between young people and the police in the Complexo do Alemão
area of the city. The interviewees expressed a demand for further public security and social
services. Young people noted some progress in police practices, although these changes appear
to be unstable. The permanence of violent practices and prejudice by the police was verified in
youngsters’ narratives. Any change in this scenario should be based on the replacement of the
war logic of ‘pacification’ for another logic, that of participation.
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