From negotiations with facções to the affirmation of the monopoly on State violence in prisions: prices to be paid

Authors

  • Analía Soria Batista Universidade de Brasília
  • Francisco Elionardo de Melo Nascimento Universidade Estadual do Ceará
  • César Barreira Universidade Federal do Ceará

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/csu.2022.58.2.07

Keywords:

Prison management, organized crime, negotiated State, State monopoly on violence

Abstract

The article discusses the prison management focuses on the relation between the State and society. These relationships are approached from a historical-cultural, sociological, and political perspective. It discusses two types of prison management that take place over time: the negotiation of State monopoly of violence with gangs, and the affirmation of this monopoly by confronting these groups. The practices in the management types derive from the habitus of the relationship between State and society in the context of historical citizenship deficit. The article is based on qualitative data analysis from interviews and participant observation, bibliographic analysis, videos, journalistic material, documents.

Author Biographies

Analía Soria Batista, Universidade de Brasília

Doutora pelo Programa de Doutorado sobre Estudos Comparados em América Latina e o Caribe, FLACSO, Sede Acadêmica Brasil e Universidade de Brasília (UNB), Professora Associada do Departamento de Sociologia da UNB, vice-coordenadora do Núcleo de Estudos da Violência e Segurança (NEVIS/ UNB), do Centro de Estudos Avançados Multidisciplinares (CEAM/ UNB).

Francisco Elionardo de Melo Nascimento, Universidade Estadual do Ceará

Doutor em Sociologia pela Universidade Estadual do Ceará (UECE), Professor na Faculdade 5 de Julho (F5), Policial Penal na Secretaria de Administração Penitenciária do Ceará (SAP/CE) e Membro do Laboratório de Estudos da Conflitualidade e Violência (COVIO/ UECE).

César Barreira, Universidade Federal do Ceará

Doutor em Sociologia pela Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Professor Titular da Universidade Federal do Ceará (UFC), Pesquisador do CNPq (nível I-A) e Coordenador Sênior o Laboratório de Estudos da Violência (LEV/ UFC).

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Published

2023-02-17

Issue

Vol. 58 No. 2 (2022): Maio/Agosto

Section

Articles

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