Políticas públicas para segurança pública do Paraná: estudo de caso da polícia científica

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to characterize and evaluate how the creation of the institution known as the Scientific Police in Paraná collaborated as a public policy instrument to combat violence in the state of Paraná, from the moment it was unlinked from the Civil Police (occurred in the year 2001) until its effective legal regulation and structural and formal implementation within the organization of the State Secretariat of Public Security and Paraná Penitentiary Administration (from 2014). The problem analyzed is whether better results can be obtained in the Public Security of Paraná, especially at a strategic level, when public policies are adopted that increase and value the technical-scientific work of the Scientific Police in support of traditional police institutions. The methodology used was that of participant observation and action research, as well as the qualitative analysis of the documentation produced by the Paraná Scientific Police and the analysis of information extracted from databases made available from transparency portals of the Paraná government in the area of Public Security and interviews carried out with professionals directly involved in areas of public and legal security, with such analysis added, in the context of theoretical development, the bibliographic research. Thus, as the main results found, the Paraná Scientific Police, if properly equipped and administered, becomes an important public policy instrument within the public security system of Paraná and contributes in a decisive way with the other security organisms contained in the organizational structure of the State Secretariat of Public Security and Paraná Penitentiary Administration. However, for this to occur continuously, it is necessary to implement improvements in the operating structure of the institution studied.