International Journal on Criminology Volume 7, Number 2, Spring 2020 | Page 88

The Brazilian Army in the Fight Against Crime
Lt-Col Mauricio Aparecido França 1
Abstract
Despite occasional successes, recourse to the armed forces, which
is taken for a number of reasons (riots, crime), cannot be considered
a definitive solution to the problem of violence in Brazil. As
in many other countries, only a comprehensive solution, leading to
the participation of all sectors of government and civil society, can
significantly reduce the extremely high crime rates currently found
in Brazil.
Keywords: army, Brazil, crime, Rio de Janeiro
El ejército brasileño y la lucha contra el crimen
Resumen
A pesar de los éxitos ocasionales, el recurso a las fuerzas armadas,
que se toma por varias razones (disturbios, crímenes), no puede
considerarse una solución definitiva al problema de la violencia en
Brasil. Como en muchos otros países, solo una solución integral,
que conduzca a la participación de todos los sectores del gobierno
y la sociedad civil, puede reducir significativamente las tasas de criminalidad
extremadamente altas que se encuentran actualmente
en Brasil.
Palabras clave: Ejército, Brasil, crimen, Río de Janeiro
打击犯罪的巴西军队
摘要
尽管偶尔取得成功 , 出于一系列原因 ( 暴乱、犯罪 ) 而动用的军队资源不能被视为一应对巴西暴力的权威解决方案。像
1 Lieutenant-Colonel Mauricio Aparecido França is an infantry officer in the Brazilian Army. Having
completed the Brazilian Army Command and General Staff School in Rio de Janeiro, he attended
the War College in Paris from 2017 to 2018. During the same academic year, he joined the master’s
program at the École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE), carrying out research on the evolution
of Brazilian geopolitical thinking. He is currently part of the general staff of the army in Brasília,
where he is responsible for the Europe portfolio within the international relations section.
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