Paper short abstract:

At this papper we will present results of research in three pacifed favelas in city of Rio which are result of a public security policy which involves UPPs (Peacemaker Police Units), conflicts, challenges changes and resumption of territories previously dominated by traffickers or militiamen groups

Paper long abstract:

City of Rio de Janeiro will host two global events (World Cup 2014 and 2016 Olympic) and has gone through significant changes in its public security policy during the past years. Effects of these changes has been a reduction of the homicide rate, the UPPs (Peacemaker Police Units) and the resumption of territories previously dominated by drug traffickers or militiamen groups.

This research is sponsored by FAPERJ, and is part of a series of other studies by NUPEVI. At this papper we intend to present results of our research in three pacifed favelas in city of Rio: Batan (40,000 residents), Complexo do Alemão (60,000 residents) and Fallet-Fogueteiro-Coroa (20,000 residents). These communities still have populations with a high deficit of citizenship.

In general, a major achievement was the guarantee of basic civil rights: the right to life, to come in and go out of the favela freely, as well as access to vocational courses and a wider range of social projects.

However, there are differences in how each community enhances and develops their social organizations, the NGOs, the access to public services, the access to real estate informal transactions and how is the relationship between the existing social projects and the military police.

Several dilemmas, uncertainties and changes permeate discourses of residents, policemen and organization managers. This presentation aims to address such issues that also represent responses from the local residents and their different associations to the changes implemented in their neighborhoods.