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Paper cemeteries: informal barriers to Brazilian public security reform
- Source :
- Revista Brasileira de Ciências Policiais, Vol 10, Iss 1 (2019)
- Publication Year :
- 2019
- Publisher :
- ANP Editora, 2019.
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Abstract
- How can we understand the role of the police in Brazil’s public security system? In particular, have reforms initiated since the 1985 transition to democracy made the police more accountable to the public? This article addresses those questions. The next section describes the importance of public security as a political issue in Brazil. The article then examines the notion of accountability, and offers a justification of the use of case studies from Recife with which to explore the dilemmas of public security reform. In the following sections, the article analyses the impact of two new accountability mechanisms on policing in Recife – the police ombudsman and community councils. The article argues that so far, the operation of these mechanisms has been marked by informal barriers, barriers that have stymied the enhancement of police accountability to the public. The conclusion summarizes the argument.
- Subjects :
- Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
HV1-9960
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- Language :
- English, Spanish; Castilian, French, Italian, Portuguese
- ISSN :
- 21780013 and 23186917
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Revista Brasileira de Ciências Policiais
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.f28ed6d355bf42008a649c2ede97fb19
- Document Type :
- article