Abstract
The present study aimed to present, from a quantitative intersectional analysis, the extent to which race / class markers interfere in the fear of crime and authoritarianism in the Brazilian context. 2,087 people from all regions of the country participated in a representative sample of the Brazilian population, mostly aged 25–34 years (26.3%), blacks (60.0%) and belonging to the D / E class (27,3%), having responded to the Adorno Scale F (version 17 items) and scales to measure fear, victimization and the chances of crimes occurring. Variance analyses did not indicate significant differences between breeds for authoritarianism (F = 2.60 and p = 0.017), when the effects of the classes were not considered. However, there was a significant difference between classes (F = 14.265 (p < 0.001), mainly among whites (F = 11.08 and p < 0.05), while in the comparison for blacks and whites in specific classes, only in stratum B1 there was a significant difference (F = 4.54, p <= 0.05) High levels of fear of crime appear at all race / class intersections, notably Class A blacks (F = 6.52, p < = 0.05) From the discriminant analysis, two profiles of groups with greater and lesser fear of crime were formed based on factors such as gender, age, race, class, chances of suffering crime, authoritarianism. Results are discussed in light of decolonial studies in a dialogue between authors such as Hannah Arendt and Crochik, as well as postcolonial theorists like Mbembe, Spivak and Martin-Baró.
Intersectionality; Authoritarianism; Fear; Race; Class