ALMEIDA, Luciana Ferreira de    SANTOS, Maria de Fátima de Souza. Social representation of violence among civil police. []. , 15, 2, pp.76-91. ISSN 1516-3687.

This article presents some results of a research that aims to understand the social representation of urban violence between Recife's police officers and their professional practice. Used as theoretical support, the Theory of Social Representation studies the common sense theories collectively constructed. Data collection occurred in two stages: initially an online questionnaire based on free association, answered by 108 participants. Then 12 participants were individually interviewed. The content of these interviews was analyzed through Alceste software that generated five classes, bringing together discourses of valuing and police training investments: changes in the police practice, the criminal practice, 'dysfunctional' family as a cause of violence, causes and consequences of violence and, finally, the policies approaches to the population. The result shows that the participants objectify the urban violence in crimes and social representation of violence may be anchored in a link between poverty, violence and drugs.

: urban violence; police officers; social representation; Alceste; crime; Alceste.

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