Banca de DEFESA: GRIMALDA SOLIS CAYO

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STUDENT : GRIMALDA SOLIS CAYO
DATE: 12/02/2025
TIME: 14:30
LOCAL: https://teams.live.com/meet/9383258980992?p=KyM4TLVvZriHGpNL03
TITLE:

Social Representations of the Practice of Violence in the Form of an Infractional Act

KEY WORDS:

violence; social representation; adolescence; infractional act; social control

PAGES: 225
BIG AREA: Ciências Humanas
AREA: Sociologia
SUMMARY:

This thesis analyzes the construction of violence in the form of infractional acts committed by adolescents undergoing open environment socioeducational measures in the Administrative Regions of Paranoá/Itapoã and Plano Piloto, cities in the Federal District of Brazil. Based on the theories of social representations and violence, the research seeks to analyze how infractional acts are constructed, the main motivations behind them, and the perceptions of both the adolescents who commit them and the institutional actors responsible for their control. To this end, five specific categories of analysis were proposed for adolescents: i) family, culture, religion, support, and life in community and group; ii) motivations for committing infractional acts, meanings and consequences; iii) licit and illicit drugs; iv) education, abilities, training, professionalization, and work; v) expectations for the future. Similarly, five categories were developed for institutional actors: i) perceptions of adolescents who committed infractional acts; ii) structural motivations behind infractional acts; iii) principles/criteria defining open environment socioeducational measures; iv) compliance with and effectiveness of socioeducational measures; v) roles, functions, and interactions among institutional actors responsible for addressing infractional acts and their social control. These categories were initially linked to the research objectives and inquiries regarding the lack of effectiveness in open environment socioeducational measures. The research involved administering 46 questionnaires to adolescents undergoing open-environment measures, conducting 46 biographical reviews and participatory observations in the institutions visited, and carrying out 15 interviews with institutional actors. The findings reveal that, although the legal framework holding adolescents accountable for infractional acts has evolved in its content and principles, these changes seem insufficient to guide the everyday practices of social institutions or the actions of institutional actors. The fragmented and residual nature of state action in implementing socioeducational measures and public policies remains unchanged. The plural and heterogeneous nature of these perceptions is largely shaped by social, economic, and cultural experiences, as well as the symbolic-structural dimensions rooted in a lack of recognition, stigma affecting certain groups, injustices, and the perpetuation of symbolic power relations that sustain systemic inequalities. The research concludes that a social construction is required to move beyond philanthropy, charity, and palliative assistance in addressing adolescents who commit infractional acts. Such a shift necessitates institutional changes to improve the impact, effectiveness, and accountability of the system that supports them throughout its various phases.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Presidente - 3173987 - ANALIA LAURA SORIA BATISTA
Interna - 1668696 - HAYDEE GLORIA CRUZ CARUSO
Interno - 1276976 - JOAZE BERNARDINO COSTA
Externo à Instituição - MARCELO BORBA BERDET - FINATEC
Externa à Instituição - TATIANA DARE ARAUJO - IPEA