RT Article
T1 Statutory regulation of the security industry under pressure: the Brazilian case
JF International journal of comparative and applied criminal justice
VO 45
IS 2
SP 189
OP 205
A1 Lopes, Cleber
A2 Moraes, Caio De
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1755888937
AB The literature has analysed the development and characteristics of the statutory regulation of the security industry in many parts of the world. However, researchers have neglected the political process inherent in the introduction or modification of regulation in developing countries. This article examines the process of formulating the regulation policy on the private security industry in Brazil between 2000 and 2018. This is acase study via process tracing approach based on the triangulation of data gathered from interviews, newspapers and official documents. The results show that this process is influenced by aprivate security policy community that has successfully resisted unwanted changes in regulatory policy, but has faced difficulties in making changes in statutory regulation in line with its interests. The article concludes by contrasting the Brazilian case with its British counterpart to suggest that political variables are key to understanding the statutory regulation of private security.
K1 Policymaking
K1 Policy networks
K1 Regulation
K1 Private Security
K1 Brazil
DO 10.1080/01924036.2019.1695641