MAGALHAES, Alexandre Almeida de. The campaign against the “caveirão” in Rio de Janeiro. Estud. pesqui. psicol. []. 2007, 7, 2. ISSN 1808-4281.

For the last decades, the urban violence associated with the drugs traffic has reached alarming levels in Rio de Janeiro, taking its population to ask for any kind of response from the state’s security forces. One of the recent responses was the use of armoured vehicles on police operations in the slums to confront the drugs traffic. With the support of human rights ONGs and the International Amnesty, the slum’s residents organized a campaign against the utilization of that equipment in the poor areas of the city and the public security policy that it represents. This work analyses the “Campaign against Caveirão”, investigating some of its acts and protests at the public space, its spreading through the internet and its evolution in the press and public opinion as well. It intends to reflect about the extension and limits of that campaign in the context of violence experienced in Rio de Janeiro

: Violence; Social movements; Citizenship.

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