The Dynamics of Criminal Governance

Networks and Social Order in Rio de Janeiro

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3587690
AutoresE D Arias (0000-0002-5924-8751, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, autor de correspondencia)
Año2006
Volumen38
Número2
Páginas293-325
Fecha de publicación2006-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Latin American Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-216X • E-ISSN: 1469-767X
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022216x06000721
OpenAlexW2140716621
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas119

Academic analyses of crime and policing in Latin America have generally focused on the failure of state institutions to guarantee a rule of law. This study, however, argues that the persistently high levels of violence in Rio's favelas [shantytowns] result not from the failure of institutions but, rather, from networks that bring criminals together with civic leaders, politicians, and police. These contacts protect traffickers from state repression and help them build political support among the residents of the where they favelas operate. Rather than creating 'parallel states' outside of political control, then, these networks link trafficker dominated favelas into Rio's broader political and social system

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