Abstract
This article presents theoretical research about democratic policing, highlighting aspects of responsiveness and accountability in police work. It seeks to demonstrate that the difficulties of democratic policing in Brazil stems from obstacles created by the institutional, organizational and cultural configurations of the police system, in addition to the process of democratization. Based on the case study of the civil and military police of the capital’s region – Distrito Federal –, it discusses the difficulty to train democratic police in Brazil, due to the internal contradictions of its own constitutive units. It concludes with reflections about police reforms not only tostrengthen its effectiveness in crime control, but especially to integrate the police in a democratic context.
Highlights
This article presents theoretical research about democratic policing, highlighting aspects of responsiveness and accountability in police work
Basicamente, o policiamento democrático tem por objetivo inserir nas polícias princípios de respeito aos direitos dos cidadãos e de defesa do regime democrático
Esses questionamentos são levantados para refletir sobre o caso da polícia brasileira, em específico as polícias civil e militar do Distrito Federal
Summary
This article presents theoretical research about democratic policing, highlighting aspects of responsiveness and accountability in police work. Polícias autoritárias são as marcas de governos não democráticos. Este artigo discute a doutrina do policiamento democrático, a qual é difundida nos países de regimes políticos consolidados, por exemplo, Estados Unidos e Inglaterra, e que é oportuna para confrontar com as formas de policiamento dos países da América Latina de democracias recentes.
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