FIlling the void created by ineffective States

In Rio's Slums, Militias Fuel Violence They Seek to Quell - washingtonpost.com:

Imagine it: A police officer who works for the state never gets any respect, and suddenly he joins a militia and he's worshiped as the man who brings peace to the community,' said Turnowski, who described the militias as dangerous substitutes for the state resources chronically lacking in the city's poor communities.