Drawing on social disorganisation theories this paper considers what type of voluntary organisation might mediate community social norms in localities with low income where violence is embedded in social institutions and residents appear unable to informally regulate violent crimes. This study describes how the situated logic of one organisation, located in a favela in Brazil, transcends personal ties to the organisation and illustrates how community-based organisations have potential to influence community norms with the expectation that rates of violence will decline. This organisation has made it possible for young people to publically disrupt the symbolic order that maintains divisive social rules and has started to alter gendered norms that contribute to high levels of neighbourhood violence.

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年轻人如何和平地挑战巴西贫民窟中充斥着暴力的社区规范

借鉴社会解体理论，本文考虑了在低收入地区，暴力嵌入社会机构，居民似乎无法非正式地规范暴力犯罪，什么样的志愿组织可以调解社区社会规范。这项研究描述了一个位于巴西贫民窟的组织的情境逻辑如何超越与该组织的个人联系，并说明了社区组织如何有潜力影响社区规范，并期望暴力发生率会下降。该组织使年轻人有可能公开破坏维持分裂社会规则的象征秩序，并开始改变导致高度邻里暴力的性别规范。