The Brazil Studies Program at Harvard’s David Rockefeller
Center for Latin American Studies presents
Controlling Violent Crime in Brazilian Cities
A Conversa with:
José de Filippi Jr., Loeb Fellow, Harvard Graduate School of
Design.
He is the former mayor of Diadema, where he was elected for three
terms. Currently, he is working with affordable housing projects in the
private sector. José is interested in how to improve safety in large
metropolitan areas, especially cities where poverty, inequality and
urban segregation abound.
Claudio Beato Filho, Lemann Visiting Scholar, DRCLAS. He is a
Professor at the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Minas
Gerais Federal University (UFMG). He is currently the coordinator of
the Center for Studies in Criminality and Public Security at the UFMG
and a Researcher at the National Council for Scientific and
Technological Development, Brazil.
Moderated by James Cavallaro, Clinical Professor of Law and
Executive Director of the Human Rights Program, Harvard Law School.
Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009 - TODAY
Time: 12:00-2:00pm
Location: CGIS South, S-050, 1730 Cambridge Street, Cambridge
Contact: Marcio Siwi, msiwi@fas.harvard.edu
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Marcio Siwi
Fellow / Program Officer
Brazil Studies Program
Harvard University
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
1730 Cambridge St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
tel (617) 495-5435
http://drclas.harvard.edu/brazil