Redução da maioridade penal, encarceramento em massa e controle da violência urbana: representações socias entre jovens de 16 a 18 anos, moradores do bairro serra dourada, em serra/es

Abstract

This research fits in the area of Criminal Law and also touches the human sciences, framed in the discussions of the sociology of law, aiming at raising and understanding the concepts and discourses elaborated by young people of a community of the city of Serra / ES in relation to the reduction or not of the criminal majority and to the political proposals of incarceration of these minors. In this way, we intend to study the social representations on this subject that has been the focus of political, educational and legal debates in the Brazilian nation, analyzed from the look of a specific group. The methodology adopted is descriptive, bibliographic research and includes a part as field research. It is also a qualitative research. The theoretical contributions adopted are the theory of social representations of Moscovici and the theoretical concept of incarceration proposed by LoicWacquanti.