Gestion de la violence ou gestion (disputée) de l’ordre ? Interrogations à partir d’une étude sur le marché de la drogue à São Paulo

• Main Author: Vera da Silva Telles
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institut Pluridisciplinaire pour les Etudes sur l'Amérique Latine 2014-07-01
• Series: L'Ordinaire des Amériques
• Subjects: debate; FCC; violence; drug markets
• Online Access: http://journals.openedition.org/orda/1120

In a context characterized by a sharp decline in homicides in the city of Sao Paulo, this article examines the impact of the presence of the First Command of the Capital in poor neighborhoods, based on the role this organization plays in the mediation of conflicts related to illegal drug sales. A most privileged standpoint to understand in part the forms that violence management takes on in such areas. These forms are interwoven at the intersecting points between the modus operandi of law enforcement authorities, the typical market logic of illegal business activities, and the circumstances affecting local sociability. Our assumption is that this way of managing violence mobilizes mediations, codes, and protocols which cannot be said to be outside the law and the state, insofar as they emerge from tension fields related to the modus operandi of the police forces and are located at the heart of the micro-regulations of local illegal markets.