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About the Author
Gabriel Feltran is Professor at the Department of Sociology of the Federal University of Sao Carlos, Scientific Director of the Centre for Metropolitan Studies (CEM, Sao Paulo) and researcher at the Centre for Urban Ethnography at the Brazilian Centre for Analysis and Planning (CEBRAP)
Reviews
'This book combines parts of Feltran's Irmaos: Uma Historia do PCC (2018) in translation with related material from decades of ethnographic work in the periphery of Sao Paulo. The study is framed by the actions of the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), a criminal organization founded in the prisons of Sao Paulo state that has challenged police forces and is credited with lowering homicide rates through its insistence on mediation within the criminal world. Feltran (Federal Univ. of Sao Carlos, Brazil) approaches this topic through the story of Ivete (a migrant from northeastern Brazil), her children, and her grandchildren, whom he witnessed come of age during his research. Tracing their paths through both criminal and non-criminal worlds provides a de-sensationalized perspective on the ramifications of the PCC's use of non-hierarchical debates to limit violence in and out of prison. Though indiscriminate murder has declined, kidnappings, robberies, and drug trafficking continue, and the cost of business, whether bribes or other payments, has increased. Feltran's juxtaposition of distinct systems of authority-that of the state, the PCC, and others-suggests the world of crime is not an aberration of modernity but rather an integral component of that historical process.'
J. M. Rosenthal, Western Connecticut State University
Book Information
ISBN 9781526138248
Author Gabriel Feltran
Format Hardback
Page Count 288
Imprint Manchester University Press
Publisher Manchester University Press
Dimensions(mm) 216mm * 138mm * 21mm