Análise criminal na atividade da Brigada Militar da cidade de Santa Maria RS no ano de 2010

Abstract

This study presents a brief analysis of criminal occurrences plus incidents in the city of Santa Maria RS, during the year of 2010, attended by the Military Brigade (Brigada Militar). This is a survey of the empirical-analytic features with a quantitative approach and of descriptive base. Violence is a complex, multidisciplinary phenomena, which has no single cause, but rather a multitude of factors. The literature suggests that the analysis of social, economic and demographic patterns are crucial for understanding the criminal dynamics. For the analysis it was used the Georeferencing of Activity of the Military Brigade (GeoAtBM), a software of geographical information associated with a spatial database, developed through a cooperation agreement between the Federal University of Santa Maria (UFSM) and the Military Brigade (BM) of the State of Rio Grande do Sul. The system enables a vast array of analysis, using maps, graphs, tables, and reports, allowing for correlations about crime. The results obtained through this innovative tool, GeoAtBM contribute to the managers of Public Safety conduct operational planning and decision-making in resource management, with emphasis on prevention of crimes. It emphasizes the importance of an integrated database for the scenario analysis and indicators of public safety in order to avoid inconsistency in the statistical results due to the existence of several databases, lack of standardization and constant corrections in the information recorded.