(In)security territory: the process of socio-spatial differentiation from the distribution of security and surveillance systems in Presidente Prudente

• Grant number: 15/26965-8
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: April 01, 2016
• End date: December 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Geography - Human Geography
• Principal Investigator: Maria Encarnação Beltrão Sposito
• Grantee: Luis Fernando Colombo
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia (FCT). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Presidente Prudente. Presidente Prudente , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 11/20155-3 - Socio-economic cohesion and contemporary spatial practices: cities of medium size and consumption, AP.TEM

Abstract

The feeling of urban insecurity in recent years, have grown. This is at odds with the actual records of crimes in Presidente Prudente, in São Paulo. This fact is presented as justification for the acquisition of private security systems and/or surveillance. This leads us to ask whether access to these private services, as well as its geographical location within this city, can point to the intensification of socio-spatial differentiation process. Answering this question is the central aim of this research project.