Illegal Markets, Violence, and Inequality: Evidence from a Brazilian Metropolis

ISBN-13: 9783319762487 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 90 str.

Jean Daudelin; Jose Luiz Ratton

Opis

Building on extensive interviews and field work, the authors map out the city's drug markets and explore the reasons why some of those markets are violent, and others are not.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Drug Markets and Violence in Recife, Brazil

2. Islands of Peace: Middle-Class Drug Markets

3. Crack: Micromechanics of a Dysfunctional Illegal Market

4. Inequality and Deterrence in Recife: The Rise and Fall of the "Pact for Life"

5. Conclusion

O autorze

Jean Daudelin is Associate Professor of International Affairs at Carleton University, in Ottawa, Canada.

José Luiz Ratton is Professor and Director of the Crime, Violence and Public Safety Lab, at the Federal University of Pernambuco, in Recife, Brazil.