SILVA, M. I. F.; http://lattes.cnpq.br/4683739519743447; SILVA, Maria Isabele Ferreira da.
Resumen:
This article deals with the cases of police investigations concerning homicides in the city of
Monteiro, located in Western Cariri, 299.7 km away from the capital João Pessoa - PB, and its
connection with violence. The objective of the study was to identify how coercive institutions
have been working to solve homicide crimes in the city of Monteiro-PB. For this was made a
small literature review, a diagnosis of police investigations and statistics on the number of
police investigations relating to cases of homicides in the city since the year 2006 to 2016,
where it was found 73 cases of Violent Crimes Lethal Intentional (CVLIs ). In addition to the
literary research related violence, police killings and surveys, it has as a methodology
descriptive statistics document analysis, which enables us a broad view of the characteristics of
homicide victims in the city of Monteiro-PB. According to the research, data indicate that about
95% of homicide victims are males, 50.83% of victims who are brown-skinned people, between
15 and 33 years of age.