Como o cidadão vê a policia: uma análise criminológica no Quilombo Urbano no município de São Luís do Maranhão

Abstract

It is a social, descriptive and strategic research, of a criminological nature; having as a field of study the residents from the community of remnants of the first Urban Quilombo in the state of Maranhão, located in the neighborhood of Liberdade in São Luís. It was recognized by the Palmares Cultural Foundation (FCP) by Ordinance No 192 of November 13, 2019, certified in the book Cadastro Geral no 020, under no 2.783, on pages 006, published on p. 06 of Section 1 of the Official Journal of the Union (DOU) on November 14, 2019. Thus, this investigation is guided by the following problem: what is the view of the residents of Quilombo Liberdade on the evaluation of military policing, in particular, regarding the use of marijuana in that space? As an initial hypothesis, it is assumed that the use of marijuana is a cultural practice in the context of Quilombo Liberdade. In this scenario, it is believed that local residents, as vulnerable groups, consider the use of marijuana as a cultural phenomenon of resistance and that they express their identity experiences. As a theoretical framework, Cultural Criminology is used in the ideas of Ferrell, Hayward and Yuong (2021). As a primary objective, a criminological analysis of the perception of residents of Quilombo Urbano in the municipality of São Luís about the work of the Military Police and its position regarding the consumption of marijuana is carried out. As secondary objectives: (1) the epistemological assumptions of the Theory of Knowledge within the scope of Cultural Criminology are studied; (2) the Urban Quilombo culture is described as resistance groups with specific expressions and identities; (3) a diagnosis of the quilombola citizen's perception of military policing regarding the consumption of marijuana is presented. Methodologically, inductive reasoning is used as a

method of approach. As procedures methods are used: the monographic; the critical socio- legal; descriptive legal; ethnographic and statistical. As research techniques are used: firstly

the bibliographical and documental; second, the technique of observation; and third, the data collection technique through an objective and closed questionnaire. As expected results, firstly, the research raises the possibility of other epistemological readings of Cultural Criminology; second, the data found serve to evaluate the criminal policies adopted in the Urban Quilombo space; as well as serves as an analysis in the implementation of public policies aimed at these communities.