PUBLIC SAFETY, CRIMINAL RATIONALITY AND INSTITUTIONAL INERTIA: A MULTIDIMENSIONAL ANALYSIS OF URBAN CRIME IN BRAZIL
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https://doi.org/10.51891/rease.v12i3.24772Keywords:
Public Security. Rational Choice. Behavioral Economics. Police Legitimacy. Institutional Inertia.Abstract
Brazilian public security faces a contemporary paradox: the consolidation of democracy coexisting with high levels of lethal violence and institutional inertia. This study analyzes the dysfunctions of the policing model and the justice system through the lenses of rational choice theory and behavioral economics. Drawing on a literature review of seminal authors such as Gary Becker, David Bayley, and Alba Zaluar, as well as contemporary works by Denison Melo de Aguiar, this article investigates how militarization and chronic impunity distort the cost-benefit calculus of criminal agents. The results indicate that an increase in police personnel, in isolation, does not correlate with a reduction in crime rates, whereas legitimacy and strategic intelligence (Intelligence-Led Policing) are determining factors for state effectiveness. The study concludes that overcoming this crisis requires an institutional reform that transcends physical training, incorporating the analysis of cognitive biases and bounded rationality into the formulation of public policies, aiming to restore the credibility of the law and state sovereignty against globalized "crime-business."
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