A Southern Criminology of Violence, Youth and Policing: Governing Insecurity in Urban Brazil

ISBN-13: 9781138584709 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 164 str.

Roxana Pessoa Cavalcanti

Opis

A Southern Criminology of Violence, Youth and Policing examines public experiences of insecurity and the social impacts of security programmes that aim to address violence in Brazil.

Spis treści

1.Over, under and through the walls  2.Unpacking Security, context and research design  3.Southern Criminologies of Violence and Control  4.Policing the Poor  5.Reforming the system  6.Life, crack and violence in the favelas  7.Policy and Practice: What is to be done?  8.Conclusion

O autorze

Roxana Pessoa Cavalcanti is a lecturer in criminology at the University of Brighton. She conducts critical research about violence, policing and insecurity. Her previous work has focused on theorising social inequalities relating to class, gender and ethnicity in the context of Brazil, the politics of control, critical theory, justice and human rights.