JUVENILE INCARCERATION: SOCIAL PEDAGOGY AS A SCIENCE FOR CRIMINOGEN ANALYSIS

Abstract

The proposal and execution of this article were made possible by research in the Post-Doctorate Program in Education at the Faculty of Education of the University of São Paulo (FE/USP), which aimed to understand the socio-pedagogical effectiveness of socio-educational measures, developed in a state program, imposed on adolescents, considering the possibility of interrupting the criminal career of perpetrators of criminal acts. For this analysis, the research was carried out in a medium-sized city in the interior of the state of São Paulo and consisted of a bibliographic review, documentary research, field observation and in-depth interviews with a group of adolescents who were repeat offenders, with an emphasis on three categories: (i) analysis of criminal recidivism, (ii) verification of the socio-pedagogical effectiveness of socio-educational measures through quantitative and qualitative indicators and (iii) inclusion of adolescents in public and social programs and policies. In these dimensions, such processes and practices cannot be manipulated and controlled instantly by the regular educational structure, legally protected and sanctioned by law. The research findings were analyzed in light of the theoretical framework itself, which encompasses the entire perspective of data analysis of the science of Social Pedagogy, which was conceived by Professor Roberto da Silva, in memoriam.