Paper cemeteries: informal barriers to Brazilian public security reform

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 s...

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Autor principal:	Anthony Wynne Pereira
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Lenguaje:	EN ES FR IT PT
Publicado:	Academia Nacional de Polícia 2019
Materias:	Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology HV1-9960
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:09f24261f4e24001a841ddbc3b6fca722021-12-02T17:26:13ZPaper cemeteries: informal barriers to Brazilian public security reform2178-00132318-691710.31412/rbcp.v10i1.559https://doaj.org/article/09f24261f4e24001a841ddbc3b6fca722019-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://periodicos.pf.gov.br/index.php/RBCP/article/view/559https://doaj.org/toc/2178-0013https://doaj.org/toc/2318-6917How 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.Anthony Wynne PereiraAcademia Nacional de PolíciaarticleSocial pathology. Social and public welfare. CriminologyHV1-9960ENESFRITPTRevista Brasileira de Ciências Policiais, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 55-98 (2019)
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description	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.
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Paper cemeteries: informal barriers to Brazilian public security reform

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