For Rio’s Poorest Citizens, Police and Gang Violence Reign
In Rio de Janeiro’s impoverished neighborhoods, residents are caught between police oppression and drug-gang control. Activists are searching for a way through the morass.
Stephanie Savell
Stephanie Savell is a cultural anthropologist who studies security and civic engagement in Brazil and the U.S. She will receive her Ph.D. from Brown University in 2017. Her current research investigates Rio de Janeiro’s controversial pacification program, which aims to replace drug-trafficking organizations’ control of favelas with “Police Pacification Units.” Savell’s work has been published in PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review and Focaal: Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology, and she co-authored The Civic Imagination: Making a Difference in American Political Life. Follow her on Twitter @stephsavell.