"Investigative journalist presents the major human rights problems confronting contemporary Brazil. Offers a vivid account of the human and social realities provoking documented violence over the past eight years by Human Rights Watch/Americas and the Núcleo de Estudos da Violência of the Univ. de São Paulo. Examines causes, consequences, and State response to violence against children, prisoners, the landless, blacks, the indigenous population, and women. Told through personal narratives of victims, survivors, and activists"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.