Building the Maps of (In)Justice

A Study on Racial Violence and Police Lethality in São Paulo

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Methodological challenges; Police lethality; Criminal justice.

Abstract

https://doi.org/10.1590/2179-8966/2025/86295

The "Maps of (In)Justice" project, developed by the Center for Racial Justice and Law at FGV Direito SP, addresses the issue of racial violence and police lethality in Brazil, specifically focusing on the State of São Paulo. It emerged from the need for accessible and comprehensible data on racial violence. The platform created is not just a repository of information but a tool of resistance that offers a detailed analysis of variables related to racial violence, combining official and primary data to map locations of violence and dissect variables. This article, as a preliminary product to the platform's publication, shares reflections and methodologies adopted, highlighting the importance of overcoming institutional opacity and stimulating concrete actions against the impunity of police violence.

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Author Biographies

Natália Santana dos Santos, FGV Direito SP

Researcher at the Center for Racial Justice and Law at FGV SP, specializing in the race and public security axis. Master's student in Law and Development at FGV Law SP (focusing on Criminal Law and Law and Racial Relations), supported by the Mário Henrique Simonsen Teaching and Research Scholarship. Lawyer. Postgraduate in Criminal Sciences from the Faculty of Law of Bahia and a member of the Research Group on Criminology at UNEB and the Research Group on Law and State Violence at FGV. Graduated in Law from the State University of Bahia.

Amanda Gonçalves Prado Quaresma, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Amanda Gonçalves Prado Quaresma: Doutoranda em Sociologia e Direito na Universidade Federal Fluminense (PPGSD/UFF). Mestra em Direito Penal e Liberdades Públicas (PPGD/UFBA). Especialização em Direito Penal e Criminologia (INTROCRIM). Graduada em Direito (UFBA). Autora do livro "Os corpos gritam para ninguém: uma análise dos laudos periciais da chacina do Cabula" (Editora Mórula, 2024). Advogada. Pesquisadora do INCT-InEAC (Instituto de Estudos Comparados em Administração Institucional de Conflitos), do Centro de Pesquisa Aplicada em Direito e Justiça Racial da FGV Direito SP, do Nucleo de Pesquisa em Sociologia em Direito (NSD-InEAC-UFF) e do DIANSARE - Laboratório de ensino, pesquisa e extensão de direito, antropologia, saúde e religião. Associada ao Instituto Baiano de Direito Processual Penal (IBADPP) e a Rede de Pesquisa Empírica em Direito (REED). Tem experiência na área de Direito Processual Penal e Criminologia, atuando principalmente nos temas: perícias criminais, documentos e burocracias, polícia, morte decorrente de intervenção policial e morte.

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Published

2025-02-12

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Santos, N. S. dos, & Quaresma, A. G. P. (2025). Building the Maps of (In)Justice: A Study on Racial Violence and Police Lethality in São Paulo. Direito E Práxis, 16(2), 1–27. Retrieved from https://www.e-publicacoes.uerj.br/revistaceaju/article/view/86295

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Vol. 16 No. 2 (2025): REVISTA DIREITO E PRÁXIS

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