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Disappearance of Civilians in Brazil
Disappearance of Civilians in Brazil
From a survey carried out in 2017 by (CARAFFI, 2017) it was observed that, on average, 8 people disappear in Brazil every hour. The study, carried out throughout the Brazilian territory, evaluated the disappearance scenario in the period from 2007 to 2016. It was found, among all states, the record of 694,007 disappeared during the 10 years, approximately 69,400 people disappeared per year. As a recent study, the analysis in question emphasizes the frequency of cases related to civilian disappearance in the country, showing that this is an important phenomenon to be studied.
There are several factors that can cause a person to disappear (OLIVEIRA; VIEIRA, 2017). In the case of children, the main occurrences involve child trafficking, organ sales, slave labor, prostitution, pedophilia and illegal adoption. In adults, factors such as chemical dependence and abstaining from their daily responsibilities, such as involvement with debts and troubled relationships are factors that contribute to this fact. In addition, Ferreira (2013) points out the disappearance of the elderly due to memory loss, the escape of adolescents from homes due to abuse or personal dissatisfaction and also cases in which victims of accidents in which the corpses are not recognized, as reported cases of disappearances.
Due to the high rate of disappearances and their various motivations, it is necessary to monitor the disappearances adequately, which is done through documentation and records of each case. The purpose of these registrations is to be a tool to help in gathering information that contributes to the search and dissemination of missing persons. In most cases, it is carried out from police reports (BO's) in person at police stations, where the greatest possible amount of information related to that case must be presented. However, as Oliveira (2007) points out, police records, which are one of the few instruments for registering missing persons, are subject to countless problems of tabulation and filling in, generating inconsistency in the data, which can result in the lack of information about disappearances.
Due to the lack of registration data, another very important problem arises in the disclosure of disappearances. There are some initiatives by the Brazilian government to encourage the visualization and location of missing persons through the online disappearance record, as in the Ministry of Justice. However, adherence is low, totaling only 1206 registrations until 2018, among missing and found.
In general, the registration of missing persons is carried out on government websites, such as delagaciacnpd.org, or on NGOs, such as desaparecidosdobrasil.org, which, in addition, carry out the dissemination of these data to society as a way of helping to solve these cases. However, the disclosure of cases on these sites is restricted to the visibility of these cases through searches performed by users on these sites. Because of this, it is necessary to explore ways to facilitate the dissemination of information contained in these repositories.
REFERENCES
CARAFFI, L. Pessoas desaparecidas - acabar com o silêncio. 11o Anuário Brasileiro de Segurança Pública, Comitê Internacional da Cruz Vermelha, v. 11, p. 38–41, 2017.
FERREIRA, L. C. d. M. "Apenas preencher papel": reflexões sobre registros policiais de desaparecimento de pessoa e outros documentos. Mana, SciELO Brasil, v. 19, n. 1, p. 39–68, 2013
OLIVEIRA, A. G. de; VIEIRA, R. F. Volta vem viver outra vez ao meu lado: Análise dos impactos psicológicos vivenciados por familiares de pessoas desaparecidas. Pretextos-Revista da Graduação em Psicologia da PUC Minas, v. 2, n. 3, p. 326–344, 2017.
OLIVEIRA, D. D. d. Desaparecidos civis: conflitos familiares, institucionais e segurança pública. Tese (Doutorado) — Universidade de Brasília, 2007.
Sources with missing cases
Sources with missing cases
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