Abstract

SOUZA, Jaime Luiz Cunha de  and  REIS, João Francisco Garcia. The police discretion and suspicious stereotypes. Rev. NUFEN [online]. 2014, vol.6, n.1, pp. 125-166. ISSN 2175-2591.

This study will investigate some factors taken as reference by the officers of the military police of the State of Para in the northern region (PMPA Brasil), in the procedures and approaches of personal searches, during the patrols carried out in peripheral neighbourhoods of the city of Belem. The research focuses on the analysis of perception of the policeman in the identification of individuals who are considered suspects, as well as the manner in which these individuals experience and perceive the police approach. The methodology used in this research is quantitative, composed by applying questionnaires to two groups: police and youths of the peripheral neighbourhoods. With respect to cops, 335 research and participate accepted replying to questionnaires. Among young people, the number of questionnaires returned was 403. The total number of questionnaires allowed a statistical margin of error smaller than 5%. On the basis of the most relevant notes, suspicions that induce the police approach do not have clear legal backing, although its formulation is commonplace in the ostensive policing activities. As these procedures utilize personal markers stereotyped, generate, among young people, deeply negative assessments of police work.

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