Foreword by Brodwyn Fischer; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Boundaries of difference: on essence and deconstruction; 2 Legitimacy in dispute: the boundaries of the 'world of crime' in São Paulo; 3 Coexistence; 4 Crime and punishment in the city: repertories of justice and homicides in São Paulo; 5 Violence and its management; 6 Government produces crime, crime produces government: São Paulo's apparatus for homicide; management; Conclusion; Notes; References
Summary
This book tells the story of the 'world of crime' in São Paulo. In so doing, it presents a new framework to understand urban conflict in many other contexts
Analysis
Brazil
PCC
Sao Paulo
crime
homicide rates
normative regimes
social theory
urban order
urban sociology
violence
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 10, 2020)
