Variations in Homicide Rates in Brazil

An Explanation Centred on Criminal Group Conflicts

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7750066
AutoresG Feltran (0000-0003-3424-0822, Centro Brasileiro de Analise e Planejamento), Christine Lero (0000-0002-6950-8641, Centro Brasileiro de Analise e Planejamento), Cecilia Lero, Marcelli Cipriani (0000-0003-1562-0395, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul), Janaina Maldonado (0000-0002-2300-1458, Universität Hamburg), F Rodrigues (0000-0001-8842-856X, Universidade Federal de Alagoas), Fernando De Jesus Rodrigues, Luiz Eduardo Lopes Silva (0000-0003-1486-6158, Universidade Federal do Maranhão), Nido Farias (0000-0002-6115-6792, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco)
Año2022
Volumen15
NúmeroEspecial 4
Páginas349-386
Fecha de publicación2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaDilemas - Revista de Estudos de Conflito e Controle Social (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1983-5922 • E-ISSN: 2178-2792
EditorialEditora Cubo (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.4322/dilemas.v15esp4.52509
OpenAlexW4285150830
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas5
Referencias citadas9

This paper proposes an explanation for the variations in homicide rates in Brazil in the past two decades. Based on the comparison of ethnographic experiences lived in the criminal universe of four capital cities (São Paulo, Porto Alegre, São Luís and Maceió), we propose two analytical strategies: 1) the breakdown of quantitative homicide rate data by victim profile, and 2) the construction of historical synopses of conflicts between factions at the local level. We demonstrate how homicide rates, in specific socio-demographic profiles, oscillate based on changes in conflicts between factions at the local level conflicts, and influence variations in the aggregate rates

Capital (architecture · Homicide · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance