Professor, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Leonarda Musumeci is an economist, with a Masters Degree in Social Anthropology, a specialist in public security, having published numerous articles and books on policing and the criminal justice system. Musumeci is also a researcher at the Universidade Candido Mendes's Center for Studies on Public Security and Citizenship.
Not all Brazilians believe that criminals have no rights, but a startling number do
Apr 22, 2017 01:39 am UTC| Insights & Views Law
Bandido bom é bandido morto The only good criminal is a dead criminal. This is the disconcerting cliché used in Brazil to justify the nations staggering levels of police violence. According to data...
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