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This article highlights the renewed interest in the history of the coup of 1964 and the dictatorship that followed in Brazil, as well as some debates involved in the production of memoirs, investigative journalism and academic research on the topic. It analyses at more length one of the polemics: the increasing use of the term 'civilian‐military' to qualify the coup, the rule, and the dictatorship. It argues that – independent of the use of the term – the most important aspect is to understand the complex relationship between the military and civilians as part of a broader process of conservative modernisation during this period.

Violent crime rates have increased dramatically in many parts of the world in recent decades, with homicides now outpacing deaths due to interstate or civil wars. Considerable variations exist across democracies in their violent crime rates, however: different autocratic experiences help explain why this is the case. Democracies emerging from military rule have higher homicide rates because they typically inherit militarized police forces. This creates a dilemma after democratization: allowing the military to remain in the police leads to law enforcement personnel trained in defense rather than policing, but extricating it marginalizes individuals trained in the use of violence. The results of cross-national statistical tests are shown to be consistent with this argument.

This article seeks to describe the first findings of the research process described, focusing its construction and development in the narratives of social workers of the time (1973-1990), the notion of memory, power and resistance, clandestine social work and organizations related to the defense of human rights. Therefore, it is intended to identify in memory a space of resistance focused on social transformation, recognizing the historical relevance of the voices that played a leading role from social work and clandestine spaces of intervention, the military dictatorship established by Augusto Pinochet in Chile. ; El presente artículo busca describir los primeros hallazgos del proceso de investigación descrito, enfocando su construcción y desarrollo en los relatos de las trabajadoras sociales de la época (1973– 1990), la noción memoria, poder y resistencia, el trabajo social clandestino y organizaciones relacionadas con la defensa de los derechos humanos. Por lo tanto, se pretende identificar en la memoria un espacio de resistencia enfocado en la transformación social, reconociendo la relevancia histórica de las voces que protagonizaron desde el trabajo social y clandestinos espacios de intervención, la dictadura militar instaurada por Augusto Pinochet en Chile.