published by editora fgv in 2003,  a favela fala - depoimentos ao cpdoc (the favela talks - testimony to the cpdoc), by pandolfi and grynszpan, is a collection of anecdotes and interviews granting both focused and broad views of the problems plaguing favela to the cpdoc (centro de pesquisa e documentação de história contemporânea do brasil - centre for research and documentation of contemporary history of brazil).

the book grants access to the rare interviews  with twelve community leaders conducted by the cpdoc various neighborhoods including  rocinha, complexo da maré, morro da formiga and in santa marta. - a favela fala - depoimentos ao cpdoc  is available via livraria saraiva on this link, and also available via google books on this link. 

published by editora fgv in 2004, integração perversa: pobreza e tráfico de drogas (perverse integration: poverty and drug trafficking) is a collection of essays about drug trafficking, violence, poverty, and prevention by the renowned author and scholar alba zaluar.