A Southern Criminology of Violence, Youth and Policing; Governing Insecurity in Urban Brazil; First Edition by Roxana Pessoa Cavalcanti ISBN 9780429505805, 0429505809 instant download

A Southern Criminology of Violence, Youth and Policing; Governing Insecurity in Urban Brazil; First Edition by Roxana Pessoa Cavalcanti ISBN 9780429505805, 0429505809 instant download

A Southern Criminology of Violence, Youth and Policing examines public
experiences of insecurity and the social impacts of security programmes
that aim to address violence in Brazil. This book contributes to the emerging
field of southern criminology by engaging with the perils faced by people
living in “favelas” in Brazil and critically investigating the discourse of state
actors. It combines original ethnographic data with critical analysis to expand
understandings of violence and control in urban and post-colonial contexts.
This study challenges dominant practices and notions of security and control.
Its objective is to decolonise knowledge and shed light on issues relating
to policing, coercion and the great socioeconomic, historical and spatial
inequalities that shape the lives of millions of people in the Global South.
The findings of this book expose the exacerbation of social problems by the
expansion of the penal and crime industry, unsettling the applicability and
universalism of mainstream managerial criminology.
The evidence reveals that new modes of securitisation have not addressed
long-standing issues of sexism, racism, classism and brutalisation in the
police. Moreover, through the increasing use of methods of control and
incarceration, security programmes have failed to prevent diverse forms of
violence and challenge the expansion of organised crime. Instead they have
exacerbated the inequalities that affect the most marginalised populations.
Written in a clear and direct style, this book will appeal to students
and scholars in criminology, sociology, cultural studies, social theory and
those interested in learning about the social injustices that exist in the
Global South.