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Patrick Ashcroft is a researcher currently based in Rio de Janeiro. He wrote a dissertation on Rio’s Pacifying Police Units (UPPs) as part of a Master´s degree in Contemporary History from the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

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Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) Installations Part 1: 2008-2010

By Patrick Ashcroft, Rachael Hilderbrand • January 7, 2015

Clique aqui para Português This is Part 1 in a five-part series documenting Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) Installations.  Rio de Janeiro’s Pacifying Police Unit (UPP) program was initiated in late 2008; today units have been installed in 38 […]

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History of Rio de Janeiro’s Military Police Part 4: Pacifying Police Units

By Patrick Ashcroft • May 1, 2014

Clique aqui para Português This is Part 4 in a four-part series on the History of Rio de Janeiro’s Military Police. Click here for Parts 1, 2, and 3. It seemed as though, between the inauguration of the Pacifying Police Units (UPPs) […]

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History of Rio de Janeiro’s Military Police Part 3: Community Policing

By Patrick Ashcroft • March 22, 2014

Clique aqui para Português This is Part 3 in a four-part series on the History of Rio de Janeiro’s Military Police. Click here for Parts 1, 2, and 4. You cannot imagine what government neglect of the […]

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History of Rio de Janeiro’s Military Police Part 2: From Dictatorship to Drug War

By Patrick Ashcroft • March 5, 2014

Clique aqui para Português This is Part 2 in a four-part series on the History of Rio de Janeiro’s Military Police. Click for Parts 1, 3, and 4. Bandido favelado não se varre com vassoura se […]

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History of Rio de Janeiro’s Military Police Part I: 19th Century Beginnings

By Patrick Ashcroft • February 18, 2014

Clique aqui para Português This is Part 1 in a four-part series on the History of Rio de Janeiro’s Military Police. Click for Parts 2, 3, and 4. To fully understand the nature of the Brazilian […]

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