Homicide investigation in the Global South: ‘jeitinho’ and differences between policy and street-level practice

This paper reports findings from a qualitative study of homicide investigation practices in a Global South city with a high homicide rate. We focus in particular on how homicide detectives deal with formal rational-legal controls such as laws, regulations, and policies while investigating homicides...

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Authors: Alcadipani, Rafael (Author) ; Maguire, Edward R. (Author) ; Brookman, Fiona (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: Policing and society
Year: 2025, Volume: 35, Issue: 8, Pages: 1019-1035
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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