Brazil: War on Children
by Gilberto Dimenstein
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"Brazil: War on Children" is a journey through the underworld of Brazil's ten million street children. The author interweaves first-hand reportage, interviews and statistics to paint a picture of life for the children. He discovers a world of pimps, muggers, prostitutes and petty criminals; homeless children who live in fear of sudden death at the hands of the off-duty police and other vigilantes who make up Brazil's death squads. Dimenstein interviews the Church workers who risk becoming show more death squad targets themselves by befriending the children and trying to bring them hope. He also talks to the authorities who turn a blind eye, to the killers and to the children themselves. An introduction by Jan Rocha, the "Guardian"'s Brazil correspondent, shows how the children are just the most visible casualties of one of the most inequal societies in the world. It describes the impact of the policies of President Fernando Collor de Mello on Brazil's poor. show lessTags
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Is a journey through the underworld of Brazil's eight million street children. Journalist Gilberto Dimenstein inverweaves first-hand reportage, interviews and statistics to paint a powerful picture of life for the children. He discovers a world of pimps, muggers, prostitutes and petty criminals and he interviews the Church workers who risk life by befriending the children and trying to bring them hope.
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- Nonfiction, Sociology, History
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- 362.70860981 — Society, government, & culture Social problems and social services Social Welfare Child welfare
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- HV6250.4 .C48 .D5613 — Social sciences Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Victims of crimes. Victimology
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