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ANNUAL CONFERENCECOMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONALEDUCATION SOCIETY SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO APRIL 24, 2012BRYN E. HAFEMEISTER DOCTORAL CANDIDATEFLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY
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A Qualitative Case Study of A Youth Development Organizationin Brazil
Context: Favelas of Rio de Janeiro
Favela:
where lower-income residents commonly live with irregular or non-existent public services
Rio de Janeiro has Brazil’s largest
favela
population
Favela
residents regularly face
Racial and class-based discrimination
Hegemonic presence of drug-trafficking factions
(Goldstein, 2003; Neate & Platt,2010; Perlman, 2010; Ribeiro, 1995)
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Context: Organized Crime and Police Presence
Criminal networks (all male) act as governingcouncils in
favelas
, enforcement of law
may
lead toextreme violence
Historically police tactics have routinely brutalizedimpoverished males using such methods as tortureand execution
Brazil has abnormally high homicide rates
Most common victim 15-24 year old, Black or mixed race, havenot completed elementary education
(Anderson, 2009; Arias & Rodrigues,2006; Goldstein, 2003; Lemle, 2011,Reiter, 2009)
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