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A Southern Criminology of Violence, Youth and Policing: Governing Insecurity in Urban Brazil

Prologue Over, under and through the walls Favelas: life on the edge?Violence Security The Southern Criminology approach Outline of chapters Notes References Unpacking security, context and research design Methodology The case studies Securitising Brazil Public security The adaptation of criminological theories from the Global North Conclusion Notes References Southern criminologies of violence and control Southern perspectives Police violence The genesis of new securitising interventions Conclusion References Policing the poor The structure and politics of the Brazilian police Security for whom?Blaming the poor: crack, social class and violence Silencing the poor?Ethnic, gender and class discrimination Rolling out policing Becoming a soldier Conclusion References Reforming the system Overview of public security reforms The views of state actors: alleged achievements and challenges The limits of current modes of control Hyper-incarceration Prioritising managerial reforms Conclusion Notes References Life, crack and violence in the favelas Tourinho Vitoria Gendered inequalities Youth crime Police discrimination, mistrust and criminalisation Conclusion Notes References Policy and practice: What is to be done?The manipulation of quantitative data Death squads Civil society and police oversight Building state presence through security interventions Democratic public security?Demilitarisation Conclusion Notes References Inequalities in knowledge production Lessons from securitisation Notes References

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