The mechanisms of non-state governance of violence in a poor neighborhood in Recife

Resumo

The aim of this paper was to analyze the mechanisms of non-state governance of violence in a poor community located in the south of the city of Recife, state of Pernambuco, based on ethnography and interviews conducted between 2018 and 2022. After verifying that there is no established armed regime with enforcement capable of imposing a criminal governance system, we found an informal scheme of non-state governance of violence led by actors who are not part of the criminal world. Finally, we state that the interventions of these actors do not have a significant impact on the reduction in the number of violent episodes but, at the same time, they succeed in deterring the use of force in certain situations, preventing violent crime from increasing.

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Tipo

Artigo científico

Ano

2023

Instituição

Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo

Fonte

Cadernos Metrópole

Idioma

Português

Acesso

Não informado

DOI

10.1590/2236-9996.2023-5708

Identificador

oai:ojs.revistas.pucsp.br:article/59014

Licença

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

Temas

Governança

Palavras-chave

governança informalviolênciaespaços de pobrezacuidadoresisolamento socialinformal governanceviolencepoor neighborhoodscaretakerssocial isolation