joao_o_ovo's review against another edition
3.0
While I think it is important to talk about the role of police in society, this book was maybe not the best book to start with. It is, after all, an ethnography that isn't written for the general public: it is very long and the length of chapters and paragraphs can be discouraging. The parts I did enjoy, though, are the narratives that describe the encounters of police with people, mainly from the projects. It makes you realize how much this system needs changing.
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