Roxana Cavalcanti
Biographic Data
| ID | 3856097 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roxana Cavalcanti |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roxana |
| FAMILY NAME | Cavalcanti |
| SIGNATURE | CAVALCANTI R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bristol |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3885-8603 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The tentacular violence of migration policies: The case of Latin American women living in the UK
This article develops the concept of tentacular violence with reference to hostile immigration policies and foregrounds how it structures and amplifies inviable harms and diverse forms of violence. It examines the effects of tentacular violence on the experiences and well-being of Latin American women living in the UK. By tracing these women's interactions with the immigration system, welfare and criminal justice systems, the article sheds new li…
The Criminalization of Social Movements during the Bolsonaro Government (2019–22)
This article examines the criminalization and repression of social movements in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic as forms of state crime. It conceptualizes the articulation between the state and corporations as a central means to produce and sustain structural violence. Integrating Southern theory with state crime scholarship, we develop an analytical approach from below for understanding contemporary criminalization and repression within conj…
The global criminalisation and repression of climate and environmental protest – a repertoire of repression
This paper sets out a repertoire of repression operating to criminalise and repress recent climate and environmental protest globally. Deploying a novel mixed methods approach, involving a comparative quantitative and qualitative analysis of a sample of 14 countries, we identify that repression and criminalisation are global phenomena – spanning the Global South and North. The repertoire of repression includes: i) enactments of new anti-protest l…
The Pursuit of the ‘Dead Bandit: A Decolonial Analysis of the Persecution of the Marginalized in Brazil
Notes on the criminalization of social movements in Latin America: Examples from Brazil and Mexico
Este artigo examina a relação entre Estados e movimentos sociais, com o foco na criminalização dos protestos no Brasil e no México. A criminalização dos protestos é um processo polissêmico, que pode ser observado nos últimos anos nos dois países, por meio de estratégias de controle implantadas pela mídia e por instituições estatais, incluindo – ainda que não exclusivamente – o sistema de justiça criminal. Este artigo lança luz sobre a perseguição…
A Southern Criminology of Violence, Youth and Policing: Governing Insecurity in Urban Brazil
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 e…
Marginalised youth, violence and policing: A qualitative study in Recife, Brazil
Few studies have examined the relations between urban marginalised youth and the public security system in the northeast of Brazil. This article addresses this gap in the literature through an examination of youth perceptions of a security programme aimed at reducing violence. It also analyses the effects of this security programme by interrogating the hegemonic discourses of state-actors in the region, namely, agents of the criminal justice syst…
Armed Violence and the Politics of Gun Control in Brazil: An Analysis of the 2005 Referendum
This article analyses the factors behind the paradoxical result of the Brazilian gun-control referendum. It adopts a qualitative approach to explore the dissemination of ideologies surrounding crime, gun control and security. For this purpose, interviews were conducted with activists involved in the referendum's campaign. The results reveal that ideologically driven campaigns in a context of corruption scandals, high levels of violence and fear i…
The Pursuit of the ‘Dead Bandit: A Decolonial Analysis of the Persecution of the Marginalized in Brazil
Notes on the criminalization of social movements in Latin America: Examples from Brazil and Mexico
Este artigo examina a relação entre Estados e movimentos sociais, com o foco na criminalização dos protestos no Brasil e no México. A criminalização dos protestos é um processo polissêmico, que pode ser observado nos últimos anos nos dois países, por meio de estratégias de controle implantadas pela mídia e por instituições estatais, incluindo – ainda que não exclusivamente – o sistema de justiça criminal. Este artigo lança luz sobre a perseguição…
Marginalised youth, violence and policing: A qualitative study in Recife, Brazil
Few studies have examined the relations between urban marginalised youth and the public security system in the northeast of Brazil. This article addresses this gap in the literature through an examination of youth perceptions of a security programme aimed at reducing violence. It also analyses the effects of this security programme by interrogating the hegemonic discourses of state-actors in the region, namely, agents of the criminal justice syst…
Armed Violence and the Politics of Gun Control in Brazil: An Analysis of the 2005 Referendum
This article analyses the factors behind the paradoxical result of the Brazilian gun-control referendum. It adopts a qualitative approach to explore the dissemination of ideologies surrounding crime, gun control and security. For this purpose, interviews were conducted with activists involved in the referendum's campaign. The results reveal that ideologically driven campaigns in a context of corruption scandals, high levels of violence and fear i…
Marginalised youth, violence and policing: A qualitative study in Recife, Brazil
Few studies have examined the relations between urban marginalised youth and the public security system in the northeast of Brazil. This article addresses this gap in the literature through an examination of youth perceptions of a security programme aimed at reducing violence. It also analyses the effects of this security programme by interrogating the hegemonic discourses of state-actors in the region, namely, agents of the criminal justice syst…
Armed Violence and the Politics of Gun Control in Brazil: An Analysis of the 2005 Referendum
This article analyses the factors behind the paradoxical result of the Brazilian gun-control referendum. It adopts a qualitative approach to explore the dissemination of ideologies surrounding crime, gun control and security. For this purpose, interviews were conducted with activists involved in the referendum's campaign. The results reveal that ideologically driven campaigns in a context of corruption scandals, high levels of violence and fear i…
A Southern Criminology of Violence, Youth and Policing: Governing Insecurity in Urban Brazil
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 e…
Notes on the criminalization of social movements in Latin America: Examples from Brazil and Mexico
Este artigo examina a relação entre Estados e movimentos sociais, com o foco na criminalização dos protestos no Brasil e no México. A criminalização dos protestos é um processo polissêmico, que pode ser observado nos últimos anos nos dois países, por meio de estratégias de controle implantadas pela mídia e por instituições estatais, incluindo – ainda que não exclusivamente – o sistema de justiça criminal. Este artigo lança luz sobre a perseguição…
The Pursuit of the ‘Dead Bandit: A Decolonial Analysis of the Persecution of the Marginalized in Brazil
The global criminalisation and repression of climate and environmental protest – a repertoire of repression
This paper sets out a repertoire of repression operating to criminalise and repress recent climate and environmental protest globally. Deploying a novel mixed methods approach, involving a comparative quantitative and qualitative analysis of a sample of 14 countries, we identify that repression and criminalisation are global phenomena – spanning the Global South and North. The repertoire of repression includes: i) enactments of new anti-protest l…
The tentacular violence of migration policies: The case of Latin American women living in the UK
This article develops the concept of tentacular violence with reference to hostile immigration policies and foregrounds how it structures and amplifies inviable harms and diverse forms of violence. It examines the effects of tentacular violence on the experiences and well-being of Latin American women living in the UK. By tracing these women's interactions with the immigration system, welfare and criminal justice systems, the article sheds new li…
The Criminalization of Social Movements during the Bolsonaro Government (2019–22)
This article examines the criminalization and repression of social movements in Brazil during the COVID-19 pandemic as forms of state crime. It conceptualizes the articulation between the state and corporations as a central means to produce and sustain structural violence. Integrating Southern theory with state crime scholarship, we develop an analytical approach from below for understanding contemporary criminalization and repression within conj…
Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (4 works) · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance (4 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Criminalization (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics and Society in Latin America (3 works) · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses (3 works)