Public space and urban security management: A sociological study of the community protection cell of Jangurussu ; Gestión del espacio público y la seguridad urbana: Un estudio sociológico de la celda de protección comunitaria del Jangurussu ; Espaço público e gestão da segurança urbana: Um estudo sociológico da célula de proteção comunitária do bairro Jangurussu

In many cities around the world, administrations have built security mechanisms to reactivate public uses of urban space. In Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil, Mayor Roberto Cláudio’s management (2017-2020) created the Municipal Urban Protection Program which instituted community protection cells (observation towers, drones, surveillance cameras and ostensible militia patrolling, with municipal guard) and military police riding bicycles and motorcycles) in places with high crime rates. This paper discusses the transformations caused by this “proximity protection” model in the Jangurussu neighborhood, a territory on the outskirts of the city that concentrates the highest number of adolescent deaths. The methodology is based on documentary research, direct observation of the daily life of the neighborhood and interviews with young people using the Urban Center for Culture, Art, Science and Sport (Cuca), located near the observation tower, for soiree, reggae parties. and rap performances. The results of this research suggest that the militarized territorialization of urban security policy, instead of favoring, contributes to weaken the intense uses of urban space by inhibiting and controlling the presence of young people in the observation tower’s range. ; En muchas ciudades del mundo, las administraciones han creado mecanismos de seguridad para reactivar los usos públicos del espacio urbano. En Fortaleza, Ceará, Brasil, la administración del alcalde Roberto Cláudio (2017-2020) creó el Programa Municipal de Protección Urbana que instituyó celdas de protección comunitaria (torres de observación, drones, cámaras de vigilancia y patrulla de la milicia ostensible, con guardia municipal) y la policía militar montando bicicletas y motocicletas) en lugares con altas tasas de criminalidad. Este artículo analiza las transformaciones causadas por este modelo de “protección de proximidad” en el barrio de Jangurussu, un territorio en las afueras de la ciudad que concentra el mayor número de muertes de adolescentes. La metodología se ...