UPPS and the “Criminalization” of Favelas A Challenge to the Comprehension of the Notion of “Public Space” in Brazil
Because of the high levels of violence practiced by the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State (Brazil), especially if its lethality is taken into consideration, the Pacifying Police Units - Unidades de Polícia Pacificadora (UPPs) in Portuguese - were created in 2008 to work in some favelas (slums...
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Université d'Ottawa / University of Ottawa
2015
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32590 http://dx.doi.org/10.20381/ruor-4221 |