Perfilamento racial: uma investigação sobre a presença de racismo nas abordagens por tráfico de drogas realizadas pela polícia militar em Campo Grande/MS

Abstract

This work is based on criminology and criminal procedural law, and investigates the occurrence of racial profiling in police approaches to the crime of drug trafficking in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul. Racial profiling is understood as the use by public security agents of parameters such as color and race to define whether individuals are suspected of committing a crime. This practice, when verified, violates a series of constitutional principles guaranteed to Brazilian citizens and must therefore be combated. Thus, the main objective of this study was to find out whether racial criteria are used by military police officers in Campo Grande/MS to determine whether a person is a suspect. To this end, Bunge's hypothetical-deductive method was used, which – after an analysis of socio-racial issues in Brazil and their relationship with the country's public security – gave rise to the hypothesis that racial profiling in police approaches to drug trafficking is a reality in this city, a fact proven by data showing that the areas of the city with the highest black representation are also those with the most arrests, and that the police's preferred targets are young black males.