Speaking of fear: convergences between the cities of Porto and Rio de Janeiro

• Published in: Revista brasileira de ciências sociais Vol. 27; no. 78; pp. 51 - 65
• Main Authors: Rego, Ximene, Fernandes, Luis
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: 01.02.2012
• Subjects: Cities; Crime Rates; Discourse; Everyday Life; Fear of Crime; Fieldwork; Public Space; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Risk

Taking as starting point the riddle of the paradox of insecurity (the lack of correlation between the change in crime rate and sense of insecurity) we propose a reflection on the speaking of fear produced in Porto and Rio de Janeiro, where we have carried out fieldwork. In this sense, these dimensio...