a more contemporary area of exploration is presented in educação e mobilidade social nas favelas do rio de janeiro: o caso dos universitários (graduandos e graduados) das favelas (education and social mobility in rio de janeiro's favelas: the case of college graduates and students in the favelas) by professor and expert licia valladares. it examines how education has been affecting the social structures inside rio's favelas - the work underlines the emergence of residents who are no longer fit into traditional definitions of favela residents.

the study OS DONOS DO MORRO: UMA AVALIAÇÃO EXPLORATÓRIA DO IMPACTO DAS UNIDADES DE POLÍCIA PACIFICADORA (UPPs) NO RIO DE JANEIRO (the owners of the hill: a preliminary analysis of the impact of the pacification forces in rio de janeiro), by ignácio cano, claudia trinidade, doriam borges, eduardo ribeiro, and lia rocha questions the challenges and successes of the polícia pacificadora (upp) through interviews both police officers and residents in 2012.