Santos, Carlos Eduardo Batista dos2016-05-132016-05-132015-04-22SANTOS, Carlos Eduardo Batista dos. “Okaida” e “Estados Unidos”, organizações criminosas: a nova face da criminalidade na cidade de João Pessoa, Paraíba. 2015. 120f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Ciências Sociais) - Centro de Ciências Humanas, Letras e Artes, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2015.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/20453The present study entitled "Okaida" and "Estados Unidos", criminal organizations: the new face of criminality in the city of João Pessoa -PB, seeks to analyze the operation of organized crime, especially in Paraiba, demonstrating the concepts and theories regarding its origins in Brazil and in João Pessoa, the state capital of Paraiba. Thus, in order to reflect on the actions of the factions "Okaida" and "Estados Unidos" that dominate organized crime in the capital of the state of Paraíba, this scientific study of qualitative and quantitative character, relied on a literature search using as documentation technique, extensive direct observation. Also an exploratory type field research was carried out with the application of a questionnaire with the prison population of five cities in Paraíba, they are: João Pessoa, Campina Grande, Guarabira, Patos and Cajazeiras. In such way, it is perceived that there can be no full understanding regarding the complexity of the violence in society. Caused, created and linked to the various types of everyday situations as well as different innate human characteristics, violence is presented in daily life, not necessarily just caused by social inequality, poverty or the poorness, but mainly by State's failure, regarding the promotion of public policies that promote employment, housing, leisure, health, safety etc. Thus, to take the place intended for public entities, there are criminal gangs as promoters of social actions that should be promoted by the State, so strengthening organized crime. From this act, in common and independently of the activity they perform, as well as their place of work, it can be ensured that all criminal organizations in the world have as their primary objectives power by force and wealth. With the development of the research, it was observed that the criminal factions of Paraíba, are composed mostly of young people aged ranging from 18 years to 25 years, identifying themselves as black or mixed, all male, with low literacy ranging from the not attend school and the early years of elementary school, predominantly, are single, and living with father and brothers or mother and brothers, which shows the family disintegration, it is observed also that most respondents have a monthly average family income raging from R $ 800.00 to R $ 1,500.00. It is highlighted in semi-structured interviews that Paraíba gangs seek to transform into powerful segments and profitable activities, characterized by groups with their own rules of operation and with a predetermined purpose, which is the destruction of the different faction of his, which they call the "enemy."porAcesso AbertoConflito socialViolênciaCrime organizadoFacções criminosasmasterThesisCNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::SOCIOLOGIA