THE RURAL GUARDIAN PROGRAM AND THE SECURITY CHALLENGES IN RURAL COMMUNITIES OF THE FEDERAL DISTRICT
O CASO DO PROGRAMA GUARDIÃO RURAL
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10840092Keywords:
Policiamento rural, Comunidades rurais, Policiamento comunitário, CPTED, Polícia Militar; Gestão e Planejamento; EmergênciaAbstract
Rural communities face similar problems in comparison with their counterparts in urban centers. It includes substance abuse, violent crime, and environmental and social disorder. Even so, the public safety policies and literature, particularly in Brazil, have almost exclusively focused on the urban
settings and their problems. To fulfil such a gap in the crime prevention practice and research, the
purpose of this paper is to analyse the implementation process of the Rural Guardian program. It is a community-based crime prevention initiative in which local countryside residents work alongside the Federal District Military Police aiming to tackle crime, fear of crime and disorder in the
rural areas surrounding the Brazilian federal capital. In order to achieve its goals, this work applies
descriptive qualitative research methods such as literature review, case studies, direct observations
and document analyses. The program framework, impacts, limitations and its potential future paths
in face of the public security in the rural area of the Federal District are also discussed.
