Da festa à chacina: formas de gestão da violência e do crime em São Carlos/SP

Abstract

The research aimed to understand the perceptions and practices of state institutions agents (servers of the Secretaria Municipal de Cidadania e Assistência Social de São Carlos, the Polícia Militar do Estado de São Paulo e a Polícia Civil do Estado de São Paulo) with respect to the new organization of criminal dynamics and the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC) in São Carlos, in the state of São Paulo. The main question that mobilized the research was: what are the effects of the reorganization of criminal dynamics in state strategies of crime and violence control. Therefore, the empirical research utilized semi-structured interviews with state officials, participant observation in the community center on the outskirts of São Carlos and analysis of press material.