"We live under the assassin's dagger empire ...": crime and police in Recife of the Nineteenth century (1860-1889)
In the second half of the nineteenth century, various documents (produced by the administrative bureaucracy and police, but also by ordinary citizens and journalists) gave the impression that the Recife lived grappling with a stubborn and growing crime framework. Thefts, robberies and murders would...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2016 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Recursos: | Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE) |
| Repositorio: | Clio (Recife. Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:oai.periodicos.ufpe.br:article/25038 |
| Acesso em linha: | https://periodicos.ufpe.br/revistas/index.php/revistaclio/article/view/25038 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | Criminality Police Recife Criminalidade Polícia |
| Resumo: | In the second half of the nineteenth century, various documents (produced by the administrative bureaucracy and police, but also by ordinary citizens and journalists) gave the impression that the Recife lived grappling with a stubborn and growing crime framework. Thefts, robberies and murders would be constant and the police could not control or at least limit the action of facinorosos. The purpose of this article is precisely to discuss this historical context so distant in time, but at the same time so close to us, at present, namely: a ubiquitous crime and the constant request made by various segments of society, of a regular and efficient policing – seen as the right antidote to the deterrence of crimes and the establishment of public security. |
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