Cê mora onde?: etiquetamento espacial e criminalização nos bairros negros de Salvador

Abstract

The aim of this dissertation is to find out whether and which categories of spatial labeling are intrinsically used in the discourses of military police officers to justify their approaches during routine patrols in Salvador. This analysis focuses on the intersectionality between the categories of space, raciality and labeling, especially in the way in which the “suspicious attitude” is constructed in police statements, particularly in cases of arrests in flagrante for drug trafficking. The discourse of military police officers in the Autos de Prisão em Flagrante is analyzed to investigate how perceptions of space and raciality intertwine and influence police practices in routine approaches. The relationship between the representation of the neighborhood, the racial profile of individuals and police approaches is the central point of this analysis. As for the methodological strategy, the research adopts a mixed-methods approach, combining quantitative and qualitative methods, using as its main technique to identify patterns of action by the Military Police in different social groups based on the racial and urban characteristics of the neighborhoods.