Young people in conflict with the law: the violence in the quotidian life.

Author(s)

Fernanda Renata Paziani Pereira

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: Ribeirão Preto.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciências e Letras de Ribeirão Preto (PCARP/BC)
• Defense date: 2002-09-26

Examining board members

Rosalina Carvalho da Silva; Maria de Fatima Quintal de Freitas; Raul Aragão Martins

• Advisor: Rosalina Carvalho da Silva

Abstract

The urban violence is part of the quotidian of our society and has occurring specially with the teenagers that practice crimes. The necessity to know the multiples visions of something so complex, that a lot of times is reduced to causative explications, motivated the realization of this research, that had for objectives the investigation of: a) the reasons to practice crimes; b) the conceptions about violence and the perceptions of the "risks" related of her, and c) the perspectives for the future. Participated in this research 45 teenagers of the male sex, with ages between 15 e 18 years, interned at FEBEM-RP. The basis were collected through individuals interview, “Workshop about Risk" and notes of diary of field. The approach used was qualitative, with interpretative focus that favour the viewpoints of the participants. The analysis of the basis show that the participants started to practice crimes for the social and economical condition; for the influence of friends; for the domestic violence, and for the allurement done by family. The violence is understood by them as a way of act when the lawful ways do not offer guaranties of survival and of respect to being condition. In the same time that the teenagers practice violence, they are her victims too. The major risk that the participants consider to run is of to be killed by the rivals teenagers and by the police. With regard to the risk to die in confrontation with rivals teenagers, our analyses show that the strife happened between the residents of blocks that have previous rivalry. The quarrels are formed for feelings of pertain to one group and have for these reason to oppose for another. The fight initiated on the streets can to be extended for the FEBEM when two rivals teenagers or groups to come across during the internment. The teenagers solve their rivalry persecuting and gun fighting with their enemies and consider remote the possibility of a pacific acquaintance. The risk to die during a police persecution seems to be big, mainly when it is done at night, without witness. In order to catch the teenagers suspects of have practiced the crime, the police seems to use the legal and illegal ways, could also persecute who is innocent. In front of the risk of die and of the possibility of one day go to the prison, the participants related that intended do not practice crimes again after they were free. Despite of the uncertainness in relation for the future, they show the RAP, the living in another city and the work as possible ways that could help them to abandon the crime. For knowing the reasons that motivated the young people to practice crimes; how are formed the antagonistic groups and their way if working; how happen the police persecution; and the perspectives for the future of that teenagers, we will be able to suggest actions more efficacious for the prevention of violence and for the social reinsertion of that young people. (AU)