Comportamento violento : evidências da relação entre futebol e violência na cidade de Maceió-AL

Abstract

The presente study sought to present the relationship between urban violence and soccer matches in the city of Maceió, Alagoas. The main motivation for the elaboration of the work was to try to understand how a sport so popular and rooted in the Brazilian cultural identity can be harmful to society in certain aspects and what can be done to alleviate such consequences for the population. The data collection was worked using the Ex-Post-Facto methodology, chosen because it fits into the analysis of data from past events, where there is no control over the variables, considering that the demonstrations have already taken place. Therefore, in the methodology, a certain sample is followed for a specific period of time, aiming to obtain relationships and causal effects between the studied phenomena and their impacts. In the study, criminal data obtained from the Civil Police of Alagoas were combined with data referring to matches played by CSA and CRB in the 2019 Brazilian Championship, series A and B. In addition to data analysis were recorded in violence directly related to soccer matches. The main results point to an increase in game days of 12.98% and 3.85% in public transport robberies and domestic violence crimes, respectively. Thus verifying that the accomplishment of soccer matches influences criminal behavior in the city of Maceió.