Entre la violencia y la inseguridad ciudadana
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El artículo presenta los resultados de una investigación cualitativa realizada en torno a los mecanismos de autoprotección que desarrollan algunos pobladores de la ciudad de El Alto en relación a la violencia e inseguridad ciudadana. El análisis se concentra en las características de la llamada justicia comunitaria y las repercusiones negativas que ha provocado su aplicación en contextos urbanos. Bajo este marco, se considera que el discurso y la práctica de este tipo de administración de justicia ancestral han sido deformados y, junto al crecimiento de la inseguridad y la sensación de desprotección estatal, se constituyen en factores precipitantes para el desarrollo de acciones de intentos de linchamiento o linchamientos consumados como forma de violencia colectiva de carácter ilegal, punitivo y escarmentador.
The article presents the results of a qualitative research about self-protection mechanisms developed by some residents of the city of El Alto in relation to violence and insecurity. The analysis is centered on the characteristics of the so-called community justice and the negative impact it has had on their application in urban contexts. Under this framework, it is considered that the discourse and practice of such management ancestral justice have been deformed and together the growing insecurity and the feeling of state protec-tion constitute precipitating factors for the development of actions attempted lynchings or consummated lynching as a form of collective violence of illegal negligible deterrent and punitive character.
The article presents the results of a qualitative research about self-protection mechanisms developed by some residents of the city of El Alto in relation to violence and insecurity. The analysis is centered on the characteristics of the so-called community justice and the negative impact it has had on their application in urban contexts. Under this framework, it is considered that the discourse and practice of such management ancestral justice have been deformed and together the growing insecurity and the feeling of state protec-tion constitute precipitating factors for the development of actions attempted lynchings or consummated lynching as a form of collective violence of illegal negligible deterrent and punitive character.
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No. 37