Living in the crossfire : Favela residents, drug dealers, and police violence in Rio de Janeiro /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Alves, Maria Helena Moreira, 1944-
Other Authors:	Evanson, Philip
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Philadelphia, Pa. : Temple University Press, 2011.
Series:	Voices of Latin American life.
Subjects:	Slums > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro. Squatter settlements > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro. Drug traffic > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro. Violence > Brazil > Rio de Janeiro. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Introduction
Part I: Rio de Janeiro : the marvelous city and its communities. The decline of poverty and the rise of violence
Living in the Favelas in the twenty first century
Communities under fire
Voices of hope and renewal
Voices of community leaders
Voices of public security officials. Security for whom?
Voices of police officers
Voices of government officials.