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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Alves, Maria Helena Moreira, 1944-

Contributor:

Evanson, Philip.

Series:

Voices of Latin American life.

Voices of Latin American life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug traffic--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro.

Drug traffic.

Slums--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro.

Slums.

Squatter settlements--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro.

Squatter settlements.

Violence--Brazil--Rio de Janeiro.

Violence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : Temple University Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For all of Brazil's efforts to reduce poverty-and its progress-the favelas in Rio de Janeiro still house one-third of the city's poor, and violence permeates every aspect of the city. As urban drug gangs and police wage war in the streets, favela residents who are especially vulnerable live in fear of being caught in the crossfire. Politicians, human rights activists, and security authorities have been working to minimize the social and economic problems at the root of this ""war.""Living in the Crossfire presents impassioned testimony from officials, residents, and othe

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781299833845

1299833845

9781439900055

1439900051

OCLC:

705538174