A HISTÓRIA DO INÍCIO DAS POLÍCIAS NO BRASIL

Abstract

 In society, the police force is permeated by different contexts related to the conceptions that guided social relations throughout history. Understanding the historical process that makes the police today involved in a series of controversies regarding the abusive use of their force, linked to the chaos in the country's public security, which is unable to meet the demands of society, is essential so that police work can be discussed, and beyond that, it can be rethought in order to build new assumptions that can contribute to the resolution of conflicts that guide social relations. The methodology used to compose this study was bibliographical, exploratory and qualitative approach, with search through physical and digital means, through the database Scielo and Google Academic. Getting involved in the history of the beginning of the police in Brazil allows for the elucidation of the paradigms of violence, especially in relation to the marginalized layers of the population in contemporary times. The Brazilian history of colonization and slavery infringes on expressive effects on social relations that are currently established, and in this context, the police always have a reprehensible role, with the purpose of social control by the State and the ruling classes.