Discussing police reform in Brazil
Police institutions have been an object of growing concern for several reasons, regarding our difficulty in developing effective mechanisms to control their activity, as well as the perception that they are not efficient in crime control activities. In this paper, we present an overview of the possi...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) |
| Repositorio: | Civitas - Revista de Ciências Sociais (Porto Alegre. Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br:article/23255 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistaseletronicas.pucrs.br/civitas/article/view/23255 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Police reform. Military Police. Civil Police. Brazil. Reforma da polícia. Polícia militar. Polícia civil. Ciclo completo. Reforma das Polícias |
| Sumario: | Police institutions have been an object of growing concern for several reasons, regarding our difficulty in developing effective mechanisms to control their activity, as well as the perception that they are not efficient in crime control activities. In this paper, we present an overview of the possibilities and limits of police reform proposals, which range from punctual changes to structural shifts, such as the adoption of the complete cycle. In the end, we underline the difficulties to be overcome towards more efficient police forces in Brazil. |
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