Keepers of law and order x outlaws: Police brutality, torture and execution in Elite Squad
The aim of this work is to investigate how Brazilian movies use representations of violence and symbolic oppression to evidence the police abuse of force in actions performed to fight crime in Brazilian slums. A recent Brazilian movie, Elite Squad (2007) shows that police methods of torture are used...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Pontíficia Universidade Católica de São Paulo
2010-07-01
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| Series: | Galáxia |
| Online Access: | https://revistas.pucsp.br/galaxia/article/view/1901 |