The violence dynamics in public security: military interventions and police-related deaths in Brazil
Keywords:
Public security, Brazil, police lethality, military interventions, Seguridad pública, Brasil, letalidad policial, intervenciones militaresAbstract
This paper discusses the deadly use of violence as a public security agenda, focusing on police lethality and military interventions. Through a literature review to understanding concepts – such as “war,” for example – used in public security policy agendas, the study seeks to frame the notion of political violence, mainly referring to the policies designed to combat violence in Brazil. The objective is to problematize the public security policy based on the idea of confrontation, which adopts the logic of war and the notion of “enemy”. The paper is divided into three parts. The first is a conceptual approach to violence and war, and the second is the analysis of the dynamic of deadly use of force. Finally, the third part is a contextual analysis of violence in Rio de Janeiro, its characteristics, and central actors, using official statistics on violence in the region.
Este artículo se ocupa del uso letal de la violencia como parte de los programas de seguridad pública. Nos centramos en la letalidad policial y las intervenciones militares. A través de un repaso de la literatura para entender algunos conceptos -por ejemplo, “guerra”- utilizados en los programas de políticas de seguridad pública, pretendemos enmarcar la noción de violencia política, refiriéndonos principalmente a las políticas diseñadas para combatir la violencia en Brasil. El objetivo es problematizar la política de seguridad pública basada en la idea de confrontación, la cual adopta la lógica de la guerra y la noción de un “enemigo”. El artículo se divide en tres partes: la primera es un acercamiento conceptual a la violencia y la guerra, y la segunda es el análisis de la dinámica del uso letal de la fuerza. Finalmente, la tercera parte es un análisis contextual de la violencia en Río de Janeiro, sus características y sus actores principales, utilizando estadísticas oficiales de la violencia en la región.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1181
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