Dismantling law, PCC and markets

Author(s)

Gabriel Feltran ^[1] ; Rafael Rocha ^[2] ; Janaina Maldonado ^[3] ; Gregório Zambon ^[4] ; Fernanda de Gobbi ^[5]

Affiliation

^[1] Sciences Po - França

^[2] Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais - Brasil

^[3] Universität Hamburg - Alemanha

^[4] Universidade Estadual de Campinas - Brasil

^[5] Universidade Federal de São Carlos - Brasil

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Tempo Social, revista de sociologia da USP; v. 35, n. 1, p. 17-43, 2023-06-19.

Abstract

Abstract In the state of São Paulo, notifications of vehicle thefts and robberies increased between 2003 and 2014. Since then, this type of crime has decreased. What would explain this oscillation? Combining ethnographic experiments and quantitative data, the article proposes an analytical framework composed of three explanatory hypotheses: (i) the implementation of the “Dismantling Law”; (ii) transformations in the dynamics of the Primeiro Comando da Capital and (iii) economic changes associated with the automobile industry. Our results suggest that the implementation of the “Auto Dismantling Law”, regulating the illegal car parts market, had decisive effects on the decrease of vehicle theft. The other hypotheses suggest ancillary effects that also deserve attention. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 20/07160-7 - Global cars: a transnational urban research on vehicle informal economies (Europe, Africa and South America)
• Grantee: Bianca Stella Pinheiro de Freire Medeiros
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants