A research about meanings of socio-educational internment measure in the life of institutionalized adolescents

This article is a consequence of a study that investigated the role of the socio-educational measure of internment in the life of adolescents who fulfilled such measure in an institution of Rio de Janeiro and discusses the meanings attributed to the judicial determination and the experience of the fulfillment of the measure. Adopting the hermeneutic perspective in qualitative research and the clinical-qualitative method, open interviews were conducted with eight adolescents and the participant observation was used. The study of their life histories allowed the observation of aspects of their subjective constructions about their relation with crime and the fulfillment of the measure. About the socio-educational system, the reports revealed aspects of the routine and of the assistance provided to the adolescents in the institution, as well as their consequences in their socio-educational process, allowing to point out possible strategies for improving the socio-educational potential of the units of the system.

Source: Psicologia e Sociedade - September 3, 2019 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research