MARGINALIZED CHILDHOOD AND THE ROLE OF THE JUDICIARY IN PROTECTING THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS IN STREET SITUATIONS: AN ANALYSIS BASED ON CAPITÃES DA AREIA

Abstract

The vicious cycle that hinders social reintegration and increases recidivism is driven by crucial factors. Among them are societal prejudice, insufficient job opportunities, poor schooling, and the strong influence of criminal organizations within the prison system. The book "Capitães da Areia" (Captains of the Sands) exposes how the lack of access to education and basic infrastructure, coupled with brutal social inequality, forces children and adolescents into a life of marginalization. Marginality is presented as the only viable alternative for survival in a society that excludes them, with violence and theft resulting from their social invisibility. Jorge Amado presents these boys as victims of an unjust society, but also as individuals capable of transformation. The overall objective of this article is to analyze the practical measures that can lead these young people back into society, escaping this cycle of violence that is the streets, so that their rights are enforced by the judiciary.