The Expansion of Milícias in Rio de Janeiro. Political and Economic Advantages

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5353370
AutoresDaniel Hirata (0000-0001-5219-8838, Universidade Federal Fluminense), Adauto Cardoso (0000-0001-6056-1190, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), Carolina Christoph Grillo (0000-0002-9428-0255, Universidade Federal Fluminense, autor de correspondencia), Orlando Alves Dos Santos (0000-0001-9393-4782, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro), Diogo Azevedo Lyra (0000-0003-0484-5089, Universidade Federal Fluminense), Renato Coelho Dirk (0000-0002-5932-8313, Universidade Federal Fluminense)
Año2022
Volumen4
Número3
Páginas257-271
Fecha de publicación2022-12-21
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Illicit Economies and Development (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2516-7227 • E-ISSN: 2516-7227
EditorialLSE Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.31389/jied.140
OpenAlexW4312640177
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas23
Referencias citadas3

This study addresses the political and economic basis of milícias in the city of Rio de Janeiro and the effects of government regulation of legal and illegal markets on their expansion. The period under study was 2007–2020 – of remarkable expansion of milícias – and the information analyzed were accessed from three different databases: 1) the Map of Armed Groups in Rio de Janeiro ; 2) Data on police raids between 2007 and 2019 from the GENI/UFF database; 3) data from the City of Rio de Janeiro Secretariat of Urbanism (SMU) database in the period between 2009–2019. The objectives were: 1) to verify the distribution of police raids among territories controlled by each of the known criminal armed groups that operate in Rio de Janeiro; 2) and to verify the relation between the intensity of real estate activity at city districts and the type of predominant armed group in each district. The research results indicated that, in comparison to other armed criminal groups from Rio de Janeiro, milícias were subject to reduced police repression and the territories they control show an increased real estate activity. The data obtained support the initial research hypothesis that the targeting of use of force by state government and the regulation and inspection of real estate markets have favored the expansion of milícias

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