(Dis)trust in action

Q2 Arts and Humanities

Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice Pub Date : 2023-11-17 DOI:10.1558/jalpp.21701

Amanda Dinucci Almeida Bühler Velasco, Maria do Carmo Leite de Oliveira, Paulo Cortes Gago

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Abstract

Recent public statistics on law enforcement activities show that the Brazilian police are among the nation’s least trusted institutions. The legitimacy of policing derives from a perception of fair and justifiable rules applied fairly to all citizens, but police actions in low-income favela communities in Brazil have been denounced repeatedly for their arbitrary nature, abuse of authority and truculence. Most studies analysing trust in the police have been conducted through surveys. In this paper, however, we examine trust in action, through a video analysis of a stop-and-check operation undertaken by police officers in a low-income favela community in Rio de Janeiro. The analysis of this interaction shows that distrust steered the actions of both sides: the officers’ decision to stop somebody and use force reflects this distrust in people living or moving around in these narrow alleys, while the suspect’s resistance and calls for help demonstrate his fear and distrust of the police. We believe that examining police actions through a micro-analytical lens can contribute to training law enforcement officers, encouraging deeper reflection on factors that undermine trust in this institution.

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(行动中的（不）信任

最近有关执法活动的公开统计数据显示，巴西警察是该国最不值得信任的机构之一。维持治安的合法性源于人们对公平合理的规则公平适用于所有公民的看法，但警察在巴西低收入贫民窟社区的行动却因其任意性、滥用权力和胡作非为而屡遭谴责。大多数分析对警察信任度的研究都是通过调查进行的。但在本文中，我们通过对警察在里约热内卢低收入贫民窟进行拦截检查行动的视频分析，研究了行动中的信任。对这一互动的分析表明，不信任引导着双方的行动：警察决定拦截某人并使用武力，反映了他们对在这些狭窄小巷中生活或活动的人的不信任，而嫌疑人的反抗和呼救则表明了他对警察的恐惧和不信任。我们认为，通过微观分析的视角来审视警察的行为，有助于对执法人员进行培训，鼓励他们对破坏对这一机构信任的因素进行更深入的反思。

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Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics

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期刊介绍： The Journal of Applied Linguistics and Professional Practice was launched in 2004 (under the title Journal of Applied Linguistics) with the aim of advancing research and practice in applied linguistics as a principled and interdisciplinary endeavour. From Volume 7, the journal adopted the new title to reflect the continuation, expansion and re-specification of the field of applied linguistics as originally conceived. Moving away from a primary focus on research into language teaching/learning and second language acquisition, the education profession will remain a key site but one among many, with an active engagement of the journal moving to sites from a variety of other professional domains such as law, healthcare, counselling, journalism, business interpreting and translating, where applied linguists have major contributions to make. Accordingly, under the new title, the journal will reflexively foreground applied linguistics as professional practice. As before, each volume will contain a selection of special features such as editorials, specialist conversations, debates and dialogues on specific methodological themes, review articles, research notes and targeted special issues addressing key themes.