The PROERD as a Public Drug Prevention Policy:

action and performance of the Ceará Military Police (2001-10)

Authors

  • Ednaldo Ribeiro de Oliveira
  • Francisco Horacio da Silva Frota Doutor em Sociologia pela Universidade de Salamanca - Espanha e Professor do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Políticas Públicas (PPGPP) da UECE https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6534-1349

Keywords:

Drugs, Violence, Prevention

Abstract

This paper addresses the Educational Program of Resistance to Drugs and Violence, and the public policy of prevention of drug abuse and combat violence, sponsored by the Military Police of Ceará. This is a public policy of the State Government, developed in classrooms, by properly uniformed police officers, initially applied in groups of fifth and sixth grades of elementary school. The program PROERD had its origin in the United States, through the teacher and psychological counselor Ruth Rich, School District of Los Angeles - USA, in 1983, in conjunction with the Police Department of that city, arrived in Brazil in 90 years, initially in Rio de Janeiro, and Ceará in 2001, first applied in the capital of Ceara and from 2002 was extended to municipalities in the state.

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Published

2013-09-02

How to Cite

Oliveira, E. R. de, & Frota, F. H. da S. (2013). The PROERD as a Public Drug Prevention Policy:: action and performance of the Ceará Military Police (2001-10). Conhecer: Debate Entre O Público E O Privado, 3(09), 35–55. Retrieved from https://revistas.uece.br/index.php/revistaconhecer/article/view/1136

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 09 (2013)

Section

Artigos

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