| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: monographic
|
| Title Information: |
Favela residents, drug dealers, and police violence in Rio de Janeiro |
| Author: |
AlvesMaria Helena Moreira, 1944- |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
EvansonPhilip, |
| Secondary Intellectual Responsibility: |
Project Muse |
| Place of Publication: |
Philadelphia, Pa. |
| Published: |
Temple University Press; |
| Year of Publication: |
2011 |
| Description: |
1 online resource (x, 240 p.)ill. : |
| Series: |
Voices of Latin American life |
| Subject: |
Slums - Brazil - |
| Subject: |
Squatter settlements - Brazil - |
| Subject: |
Drug traffic - Brazil - |
| Subject: |
Violence - Brazil - |
| Online resource: |
http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781439900055/ |
| Notes: |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: |
9781439900055electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
1439900051electronic bk. |
| ISBN: |
9781439900031hbk. |
| ISBN: |
1439900035hbk. |
| ISBN: |
9781439900048pbk. |
| ISBN: |
1439900043pbk. |
| Content Note: |
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 ofpublic security officials. Security for whom? -- Voices of police officers -- Voices of government officials |