Violence, crime and police system in countries of new democracies

Authors

  • Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/ts.v9i1.86438

Keywords:

Violence, Control, Police, Judiciary, International agreements

Abstract

An evaluation of the institutions in charge for the control of violence reveals a great inconsistency between the constitutional text, the principles of international agreements ratified by Brazil and the effective functioning of crime prevention agencies, as the police, the judiciary and the Public Ministry. The conclusion is that to meet the basic requirements for a democracy and to have an answer for the inefficiency, the Brazilian agencies organization needs to be completely restructured.

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Author Biography

  • Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro, Universidade de São Paulo. Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas

    Professor do Departamento de Ciência Política da Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas, Universidade de São Paulo (FFLCHUSP) e Coordenador do Núcleo de Estudos e Violência (NEV-USP).

Published

1997-06-29

Issue

Section

Estratégias de Intervenção Policial no Estado Contemporâneo

How to Cite

Pinheiro, P. S. (1997). Violence, crime and police system in countries of new democracies. Tempo Social, 9(1), 43-52. https://doi.org/10.1590/ts.v9i1.86438