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Predictive policing, social control and racial inequality

Grant number: 19/02612-0
Support Opportunities:Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
Start date: March 01, 2019
End date: September 30, 2023
Field of knowledge:Humanities - Sociology - Other specific Sociologies
Principal Investigator:Sergio França Adorno de Abreu
Grantee:Letícia Pereira Simões Gomes
Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
Associated research grant:13/07923-7 - Center of the Study of Violence - NEV/USP, AP.CEPID
Associated scholarship(s):20/15150-1 - Predictive policing and social control in the NYPD, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

This research project is of Sociology of Violence. It aims to identify intermediate mechanisms between predictive policing and racial inequality reproduction, as well as its relevance to building legitimacy in police practices. The research question is: how technologies related to this kind of policing influence, in racial states, racial inequalities reproduction and achieving procedural justice? As for a theoretical objective, it is sought to deepen and operationalize the concept of institutional racism in public safety, as police is known for historically controlling black communities. For empirical purposes, we highlight the predictive policing analysis, followed by its importance in the institutional framework, its operationalization as well as its direct and indirect relations to the race category. To do so, it is suggested to perform a comparative analysis of the uses of space-based predictive policing in three different contexts - Brazil, United States and United Kingdom - by using the diverse case method. (AU)

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SIMOES-GOMES, LETICIA; DOS REIS PERON, ALCIDES EDUARDO. Race & Criminology through the lens of a sociologist Interview with Natalie Byfield. Tempo Social, revista de sociologia da USP, v. 32, n. 3, p. 18-pg., . (16/24525-3, 19/02612-0)
Academic Publications
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GOMES, Letícia Pereira Simões. Police Digital Systems, Social Control, and Racial Inequalities: a Comparative Study of Police Agencies in São Paulo and New York City. 2025. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Letras e Ciências Humanas (FFLCH/SBD) São Paulo.