“Que socioeducativo que é esse?”: trajetória de jovens em cumprimento de Medida Socioeducativa em Juiz de Fora

Abstract

This dissertation aimed to understand the experiences and trajectories of young people in compliance with the Socio-Educational Measure (MSE), specifically in the process of return to the open environment (Assisted Freedom), analyzing the challenges, the resources used and the way they perceive this process. According to the National System of Socio-Educational Assistance published in 2018, 26,450 young people between 12 and 21 years old were in deprivation of liberty, semi-liberty, sanction or provisional hospitalization. Added to this is the fact that Brazil is the third country that has most imprisoned in the world. Based on epistemological and political orientation by Critical Social Psychology and Critical Criminology, this dissertation sought to build a theoretical course that would support subsequent analyzes and discussions. I stayed for 6 months in the Specialized Reference Center on Social Assistance, which implemented the MSE of Assisted Freedom (La) and Community Service Provision (PSC), employing Participant Observation and Field Diary as methodological resources for the production of data. I interviewed 7 young people in compliance with LA, based on the Life History method, also reading the judicial processes of such subjects. For the data analysis I used the Content Analysis of the thematic type, formulating 22 categories. The main results were: a) a trajectory marked by vulnerabilities and multiple violence; b) the presence of trafficking as a factor of survival, work and also bridge to bring these young people to the MSE; c) the invisibility of this young person to the social policies parallel to a great visibility for the apparatuses of justice and security; d) difficulties in this process of social reintegration, which denounces precariousness before and after the system of protection of children and adolescents. It is considered that the reality of these subjects questions what it is to be young. Structural transformations that impact the reality experienced by these subjects are necessary, however, changes in the areas of public security policies and support and social protection should also be considered. In addition, work proposals that put the perspective of the young person, their needs and reality as guiding element are necessary for a contextualized and coherent intervention.