Revista de Estudios Sociales (Oct 2021)

Entre el cuidado y la violencia. Fuerzas de seguridad argentinas en pandemia y aislamiento

  • Mariana Sirimarco

DOI
https://doi.org/10.7440/res78.2021.06
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 78
pp. 93 – 109

Abstract

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The mandatory confinement decreed in Argentina in the early 2020s positioned the security forces as essential workers. The police/pandemic/confinement relationship thus revolved around two differentiated poles of meaning: one that heralded a police force that takes care of use and another that denounced police violence. This paper explores this debate on the basis of three inseparable concerns: the police roles and policing practices that encourage these current crisis scenarios; the lessons they teach us given their potential reiteration; and, above all, the local and regional data revealed that allow us to reflect empirically and politically on our specific Latin American experiences.

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