The Brazilian urban areas are of the most violent urban areas that exist in the world today. Urban metropolitans like Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil contain a large amount of formally rural people and families who have since moved to urban areas for better opportunities. Unfortunately, the economic fortune that many of these unjustly treated Brazilian individuals were to receive is non-existent. In fact, Brazil contains 36% of its people who live below the national poverty line.
Surrounding the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo are small towns with houses made out of thin plywood, plastic, cardboard, and very thin sheet metals. These small towns that surround urban areas have the word “shantytowns” or favelas popularly associated with them. These towns are mostly populated with the Brazilian population of African origin. The people that occupy these areas were drawn to the areas due to rural drought as well as local government corruption. These towns as well as the urban areas that are surrounded by them are commonly associated with violent crime.
There are many reasons why violent crime is easily associated with the urban areas of Brazil. Sao Paulo has inefficient urban planning like a of public transportation as well as Brazil’s debt and unstable social security system. The heavy imbalance between citizens is also idea that sparks violence. There are millions of