Brazil: War on Children

by Gilberto Dimenstein

Book Overview

"Brazil: War on Children" is a journey through the underworld of Brazil's ten million street children. The author interweaves first-hand reportage, interviews and statistics to paint a picture of life for the children. He discovers a world of pimps, muggers, prostitutes and petty criminals; homeless children who live in fear of sudden death at the hands of the off-duty police and other vigilantes who make up Brazil's death squads. Dimenstein interviews...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0906156629
• ISBN13: 9780906156629
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Latin America Bureau (Lab)
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.