O papel das Polícias Militares frente às demandas por segurança pública da nação brasileira do século XXI: desafios e perspectivas

Abstract

A fundamental need for the individual and for the functioning of life in society, public security currently occupies the center of Brazilian social and political debate facing criminal and violence rates. In this context, there are discussions and postulates about the procedures needed to deal with the situation. Many of them propose a complete overhaul of the public security system, especially in relation to the Military Polices. Responsible for ostensive police and the preservation of public order, these institutions are the first line of action of the State in the control of crime and violence. This thesis seeks to address the role of these forces within the structure of public security in Brazil. Moreover, based on a conjunctural analysis of the security demands of postmodern society, as well as of the public policies implemented by the governments in the last twenty years, it presents the general aspects of the management model adopted by the Military Police of the State of São Paulo as hypothesis for the reduction of indicators of crime in that federal unit, especially the homicides, which presents a consistent historical series of two more decades.