Política de segurança pública no estado da Paraíba: uma análise da implantação da Unidade de Polícia Solidária sobre a redução da criminalidade no período entre 2011 a 2018

Abstract

The objective of this research is to analyze one of the actions that are part of the public policy adopted by the State of Paraíba, called Programa Paraíba Unida Pela Paz, in order to analyze its influence in reducing the State's position in the ranking of violence in Brazil, between the years from 2011 to 2016: The Unidades de Polícia Solidária (UPS). Initially an analysis of crime data in Brazil, with emphasis on the homicide rate, is the most representative proxy of the violence rate, according to the methodology used by the World Health Organization (WHO). After the review of crime in Brazil, observe the performance of the Brazilian regions are observed, where the North and Northeast regions represent a higher homicides rates. Then, the data of the state of Paraíba were inserted, through graphs and tables with collected data. The focus of the research was the evaluation of the number of homicides that occurred in neighborhoods have been installed UPS, between the years 2011 and 2018. After an analysis of all the data presented, it was not possible to conclude that the UPS installation correlates with the reduction in the number of homicides, because some neighborhoods have showed the results of the opposite processes, as well as the time space analyzed is not enough for the affirmation, besides several other limitations. The data presented demonstrate that the study is more detailed about income level, geographic location, age range of homicide victims, and other information, can delimit the possible foci of homicide in Brazil.