Power disputes between the PCC and state institutions of the state of São Paulo. A 2015 Osasco slaughter study.

• Grant number: 19/26156-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: May 01, 2020
• End date: December 31, 2020
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - Sociology
• Principal Investigator: Luís Antônio Francisco de Souza
• Grantee: Eduardo Armando Medina Dyna
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências (FFC). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Marília. Marília , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This project aims to analyze the pacification processes and power disruptions inthe territories dominated by the "Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC)". The Command wascreated in a context of revidincations against Brazilian State violence, and for rights andimprovements in the prison system. Initially, the Command expanded within the state of SaoPaulo. Nowadays, the organization is spread throughout the Brazilian territory and present inother countries as well. A prevailing hypothesis in the literature on the PCC is that thisorganization has established a monopoly of violence. This has occurred due to hegemonicpower relations within prisons and communities. Clashes between the PCC and the BrazilianState, mainly through public security agents - i.e., the police - have generated violence dueto persecution, exchange of gunfire and murder, causing widespread crime in society. Theobjective of this research project is to analyze the conflicts between the PCC and institutionsof the state of São Paulo, which often lead to ruptures and instabilities within the territoriescontrolled and demarcated by the Command. For this purpose, this research project willemploy qualitative methods. First, a literature review on the history, structure andperformance of the PCC in the state of São Paulo will be carried out. Second, an ethnographystudy will be conducted in neighborhoods of the cities of Osasco and Barueri, where the 2015slaughter occurred owing to disputes between the PCC and the Military Police.