ENTRE SÃO LUÍS E BOGOTÁ: o presente, o passado e o futuro da municipalização da segurança pública no Brasil

Abstract

The research aims to evaluate the limits and possibilities of the implementation of municipal policies of public security in Brazil from experience in São Luís – MA with reference to citizen security policies carried out in Bogota from 1995 to 2003, due to the achievement of results that echoed in several Latin American countries, including Brazil. Indeed, some municipalities began to assume its responsibility in the public safety issue and have developed policies in this area. The study attempts to present the theoretical referential, based on New Prevention, as proposed complementary to traditional formal control as well as the citizen security paradigm, first developed in Bogota, capital of Colombia. To fulfill this purpose, it chose to conduct a case study on the current structure of municipal administration focused on public safety. The conclusion of the study indicates the elements identified as facilitators of this process, as well as some points of difficulty in the implementation of municipal policies and communication between the agencies of the criminal justice system, and displays based on empirical and theoretical support, some possible ways to improving the experience of public safety municipalization in Sao Luis – MA.