Vivências e percepções de adolescentes em situação de exclusão social sobre a violência / Experiences and perceptions of adolescents at risk of social exclusion on violence

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2009

RESUMO

This study aimed to capture the perceptions of adolescents at risk of social exclusion on the violence in their daily lives, identify the experiences of violence of this group and examine the reality perceived in the light of violence as a historical process and socially determined. It is violence is a social phenomenon that has character reveals structures of domination (of class, ethnicity, generation, gender, etc.) and appears as an expression of conflict between those who want to maintain privileges and who rebel against oppression. Were carried out 16 semi-structured interview in the Community Center on Children and Adolescents (CCCA) with adolescents between 12 to 17 years of age. The data were treated by content analysis as method of analysis. The results show that the perceptions that adolescents have of violence are intrinsically linked to their experiences within a hostile social environment, characterized by a sociopolitical system generates deep social inequalities.The concept of violence was associated with something natural, as a disciplinary measure; violation of their rights, social and gender discrimination, coupled with acts such as physical assaults and fights in the community. The type of violence most cited by teens was the interpersonal violence that the World Health Organization characterizes as domestic violence when it occurs between members of a family and their household and social violence when it occurs between people without ties of kinship. Overcoming this situation will occur in that the different sectors to organize themselves to provide social groups involved as well as their social needs and health

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violência adolescents poverty violence adolescência social conditions condições sociais pobreza

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