Living in the crossfire [electronic resource] : 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.
Uniform Title: | Voices of Latin American life.
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Language: | English |
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Philadelphia, Pa. :
Temple University Press,
2011.
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Series: | Voices of Latin American life.
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Living in the Crossfire: Favela Residents, Drug Dealers, and Police Violence in Rio de Janeiro |
Format: | Electronic eBook |
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.