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38 J. Contemp. Crim. Just. 4 (2022)

handle is hein.journals/jccj38 and id is 1 raw text is: Introduction Journal of Contemporary Criminal justice 2022, Vol. 38(1) 4-12 Introduction to Special issue: @TheAuthor(s)2021 . .T.e ors20 Brazilian Crim inology in the Articlereuseguienes: sagepub.com/journals-permissions 21st Century DOI: 10.1177/10439862211050450 journals.sagepub.com/home/cci OSAGE Vania Ceccato' Abstract This article introduces the special issue Brazilian Criminology in the 21 st Century that is composed of seven studies of contemporary security problems and related public security initiatives in Brazil. They are multidisciplinary contributions employing a large variety of methods, written by researchers based on Brazilian universities or research executed in cooperation with international colleagues. This is a unique and valuable reference source for researchers interested in Brazilian and Latin American security challenges as well as attempts to address them. By recognizing current barriers in knowledge production and sharing, the special issue calls for the creation of new opportunities for joint knowledge from the criminologies of the Global South and those from the Global North, befitting an inclusive global criminology worthy of the 21 st century. Keywords crime, safety, Brazilian criminalogy, Global South, multidisciplinary, barriers, publication, knowledge sharing Is There a Brazilian Criminology? High homicide rates, drug trafficking, police violence, and high levels of fear are just a few of Brazil's security challenges (Caldeira, 2013; Cano, 2010; IPEA/FBSP, 2016; Machado & Ceci, 2002; Naim, 2006). Together with crime prevention initiatives, these problems occupy a large portion of the Brazilian criminological literature (e.g., Beato Filho, 1999; Cano et al., 2016; Kahn, 2007; Silveira et al., 2010). Yet, much of this scholarship is unknown to most of the international research community, as most 'Department of urban planning and environment, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden Corresponding Author: Vania Ceccato, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Teknikringen I OA, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden. Email: vania.ceccato@abe.kth.se