Na rota da violência: crianças em contexto armado

Abstract: From a sociocultural constructivist perspective, this paper analyses the sociocultural processes involved in children's participation in criminal organizations in Rio de Janeiro, and in other violent and armed environments. The analysis is based on the work of Dowdney (2003, 2005), and the work of the Slum Monitoring Center (Observatorio de Favelas, 2006). The article discusses the concept of childhood, and identifies the major factors affecting child development within such contexts: the strategies used by adults to induct children into a criminal organization and to keep them there. It highlights the role of school and work, two environments universally present in the research participants' own narratives. To study the topic demands a systematic approach so as to account for the variety of factors at work, from the historicosocial forces revealed in the social practices and the collective culture of gangs, to issues such as autonomy and social responsibility. The paper stresses t

Alternative title
Towards violence: developing children within armed contexts
Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Portugiesisch
Notes
Veröffentlichungsversion
begutachtet
In: Athenea Digital: Revista de Pensamiento e Investigacion Social (2008) 13 ; 153-169

Classification
Soziale Probleme, Sozialdienste, Versicherungen

Event
Veröffentlichung
(where)
Mannheim
(when)
2008
Creator
Branco, Angela Uchoa
Pires, Sergio Fernandes Senna

URN
urn:nbn:de:0168-ssoar-63397
Rights
Open Access unbekannt; Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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  • Branco, Angela Uchoa
  • Pires, Sergio Fernandes Senna

Time of origin

  • 2008

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