nowadays one of the biggest damages resulting from this time is the stigmatization of favelas as places concentrated with solely criminals - most of the individuals living in such places are hard working citizens, with honest families, and assumptions such as the aforementioned statement negatively affect the lives of countless individuals - in fact favelas have been the cradle of numerous cultural and artistic contributions, ranging from the iconic floats and costumes of carnival to the rhythm of samba and funk.

since the 1990s brasil's economic situation has improved, and government funding for law enforcement across the state, has increased alongside policies aiming to improve living conditions in the favelas - an example of one of these policies is the upp, unidade de policia pacificadora, (unity of pacifying police) which is a government funded police force also closely involved with social matters in the favelas.