Abstract

SEDRAN CAROPRESI, Paula María. Police 'Transgression' Practices during a Period of Conflictive Institutionalizacion. Santa Fe (Argentina), 1864-1881. Historelo.rev.hist.reg.local [online]. 2014, vol.6, n.12, pp.303-333. ISSN 2145-132X.  https://doi.org/10.15446/historelo.v6n12.42199.

The process of institutionalization of the Police in the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, took place throughout the second half of the nineteenth century. It implied the existence of tensions of different kind for the police functioned as a key factor to the resolution of problems comprised in the new social agenda. This paper analyses three administrative police documents that report cases of rioting, drunkenness and misconduct committed by agents, corporals, sergeants and a first official. These documents provide the opportunity to inquire in the acts of police troops and thus, make visible the tensions between these practices and the behavior that the authorities expected. They also raise important questions concerning the motivations and representations implied in the analyzed actions. Social history constitutes our theoretical perspective, for it studies specific social relations and allows us to focus on particular struggles of sense. We refer to the concept of transgression', which proposes an alternative take on what actions can be considered contentious or contrary to social order, depending on their visibility and their disruptive effects. Our goal is to contribute to knowledge about the institutionalization of a modern social order in Santa Fe, through the analysis of how the police dealt with transgressions committed by its troops.

Keywords : police; social order; transgression; Santa Fe; Argentina.

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