On the Moral Grammar of Crime: The Mobilization of Justifications and Accusations in Homicides in Belo Horizonte East Side

Authors

  • Rafael Rocha UFMG

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17648/dilemas.v13n3.23152

Keywords:

homicide, war, morality, retaliation, Belo Horizonte

Abstract

The paper aims to examine the discourses and symbolic elements mobilized by actors participating in the “world of crime” to justify or condemn assassinations in poor neighborhoods of the city of Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais. The research, based on the analysis of police inquiries and interviews, focused on investigating how these actors articulate elements of a moral grammar as a way of justifying the legitimacy of murders or denouncing a death as unjust, which is an offence to be repaired through violent retaliation.

Author Biography

Rafael Rocha, UFMG

Pesquisador do Instituto Sou da Paz e bolsista de pós-doutorado do Centro de Estudos de Criminalidade e Segurança Pública (Crisp), da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brasil). É doutor e mestre em pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia (PPGS) da UFMG e tem graduação em ciências sociais pela mesma universidade.

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Published

2020-09-14

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 3 (2020): SET/OUT/NOV/DEZ

Section

Articles

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