Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Series Editor's Preface -- Preface -- Editors -- Contributors -- 1 Police and Society in Brazil -- Crime and Policing in Brazil -- Policing the Favelas -- Paths to Reform: Organizational Restructuring -- Paths to Reform: Internal Accountability and External Oversight -- Paths to Reform: Finding a Community Focus -- Paths to Reform: Building Legitimacy -- Discussion -- References -- SECTION I The Organization of Brazilian Police -- 2 The Dual Civil and Military Models for Policing in Brazil -- The Origins of the Brazilian Dual Model -- Institutional Design of the Police -- Policing: A Loosely Coupled System -- The Corporatist Dispute -- System Dysfunctions -- Attempts to Reform the Dual System of Policing -- Conclusion: The Failure of Reform -- References -- 3 Hierarchy, Career and Professional Advancement in the Civil Police -- Who Are the Civil Police? -- Public Security in Amazonas -- The Civil Police of Amazonas -- The Amazonas Survey -- Profile of Participants -- Hierarchy and Career Satisfaction -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 Police Culture and Organizational Reform in Brazilian Policing -- Dilemmas of the Incorporation of the Professional-Bureaucratic Model -- Community Policing and the Military Police -- Criminal Investigations in the Civil Police -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 Managing Gender Relations in the Brazilian Police -- The Survey -- Female Participation in Policing -- Gender Relations in Brazilian Policing: Towards Sex Equality? -- The Importance of a Gender Policy -- References -- SECTION II The Police and Their Problems -- 6 Police Action and the Drug Business in Brazil -- Drug Laws in Brazil -- The Production of Cannabis in Brazil -- The Repression of Illicit Plantations -- Discussion -- References -- 7 Race, Class and Law Enforcement in Brazil