Sharing this walk: an ethnography of prison life and the PCC in Brazil

"The Primeiro Comando do Capital (PCC) is a São Paulo prison gang that since the 1990s has expanded into the most powerful criminal network in Brazil. ... During the period of Biondi's ... visits ... and her extensive fieldwork in prisons and on the streets of São Paulo, the PCC effectivel...

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Autor principal: Biondi, Karina (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill The University of North Carolina Press [2016]
En:Año: 2016
Acceso en línea: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
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UB: KB 20 A 8377
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Palabras clave:
Brasilien > Gefängnis > Alltag > Bande > Gruppenidentität
Organized Crime > Brazil > São Paulo (State)
Primeiro Comando da Capital
Prisoners > Social conditions > Brazil > São Paulo (State)
Prison gangs > Brazil > São Paulo (State)
Prisons > Social conditions > Brazil > São Paulo (State)
São Paulo > Staat > Gefängnis > Bande > Organisiertes Verbrechen
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Sumario:"The Primeiro Comando do Capital (PCC) is a São Paulo prison gang that since the 1990s has expanded into the most powerful criminal network in Brazil. ... During the period of Biondi's ... visits ... and her extensive fieldwork in prisons and on the streets of São Paulo, the PCC effectively controlled more than ninety percent of São Paulo's 147 prison facilities"--
Notas:Includes bibliographical references and index
Descripción Física:xxv, 194 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781469630304
9781469623405