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Living in the crossfire : Favela residents, drug dealers, and police violence in Rio de Janeiro / Maria Helena Moreira Alves and Philip Evanson ; with the assistance of Cristina Pedroza de Faria (Kita Pedroza) and Jose Valentin Palacios Vilches.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Voices of Latin American lifePublication details: Philadelphia, Pa. : Temple University Press, 2011.Description: x, 240 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781439900031 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1439900035 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9781439900048 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1439900043 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9781439900055 (electronic)
  • 1439900051 (electronic)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.6/2086942098153
LOC classification:
  • HN 290 M838l 2011
Contents:
Introduction -- Part I: Rio de Janeiro : the marvelous city and its communities. The decline of poverty and the rise of violence -- Living in the Favelas in the twenty first century -- Communities under fire -- Voices of hope and renewal -- Voices of community leaders -- Voices of public security officials. Security for whom? -- Voices of police officers -- Voices of government officials.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HN 290 M838l 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000106561

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Part I: Rio de Janeiro : the marvelous city and its communities. The decline of poverty and the rise of violence -- Living in the Favelas in the twenty first century -- Communities under fire -- Voices of hope and renewal -- Voices of community leaders -- Voices of public security officials. Security for whom? -- Voices of police officers -- Voices of government officials.

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