PCC on the Agenda: Journalistic Narratives about the Group Expansion through Brazil

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17648/dilemas.v13n2.23020

Keywords:

media, criminal organisations, First Command of the Capital, expansion, Minas Gerais

Abstract

The expansion of the First Command of the Capital (PCC) throughout Brazil was not sufficiently considered in academic studies, nor were the effects of the group's actions in the Minas Gerais’ territory. Based on Misse's (1999, 2008) conception of social accumulation of violence, the proposal of the paper is to analyze how widely circulated newspapers deal with both issues. In this sense, articles from Folha de S. Paulo and O Tempo, launched between 2005 and 2017, related to the action of the PCC, were systematized. It was possible to study the process of diffusion of the São Paulo organization throughout Brazil and Minas Gerais.

Author Biographies

Thais Lemos Duarte, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Pesquisadora de pós-doutorado no Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia (PPGS) da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brasil), bolsista de pós-doutorado júnior do CNPq. Tem doutorado pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Sociais (PPCIS) da Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (Uerj, Brasil), mestrado pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia e Antropologia (PPGSA) da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) e graduação em ciências sociais pela Uerj.

Isabela Cristina Aves de Araújo, Universidade Federal de São Carlos

Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia (PPGS) da Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCar, Brasil). Tem mestrado pelo PPGS da UFMG e graduação em ciências sociais pela mesma universidade.

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Published

2020-05-15

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Vol. 13 No. 2 (2020): MAI/JUN/JUL/AGO

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