Chazkel Amy
Lat Am Res Rev. 2011;46(2):181-99. doi: 10.1353/lar.2011.0022.
The Rio de Janeiro state archive's collection of entry logs for the city's central detention center, going back to the mid-nineteenth century, provides a rare glimpse into the lives of Rio's—and Brazil's—poor and working classes who otherwise left few written records behind. During the time when the institution maintained the entry logs, police exercised broad power to make arrests. Although relatively few detainees were ever prosecuted or even formally charged, the detention center kept detailed records of detainees' physical appearance, attire, home address, nationality, sex, affiliation, and so on, as well as information about any criminal charges. This article explores the wealth of empirical data that the entry logs provide. It also suggests how scrutinizing this type of document across time shows how record keeping itself changed, in turn affording researchers rare insight into the inner workings of modern Latin American society.
里约热内卢州档案馆收藏了该市中央拘留中心可追溯到19世纪中叶的入所登记日志，这些日志让人们得以罕见地一瞥里约热内卢以及巴西穷人和工人阶级的生活，否则他们几乎没有留下书面记录。在该机构保存入所登记日志期间，警方拥有广泛的逮捕权力。尽管被拘留者中相对很少有人被起诉甚至正式指控，但拘留中心保留了被拘留者的外貌、着装、家庭住址、国籍、性别、所属团体等详细记录，以及任何刑事指控的信息。本文探讨了入所登记日志所提供的丰富实证数据。文章还指出，随着时间的推移仔细研究这类文件，能够揭示记录保存本身是如何变化的，进而让研究人员难得地洞察现代拉丁美洲社会的内部运作。
