Nem anjos nem demônios : o crime como uma esfera da vida de jovens e adultos da periferia de Salvador

• Autor(a) principal: Chagas, Rosana Silva
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UERJ
• Texto Completo: http://www.bdtd.uerj.br/handle/1/15549
• topic: Crime; Life Course; Cumulative disadvantages; Crime; Curso de vida; Acumulação de desvantagens; CNPQ::CIENCIAS HUMANAS::SOCIOLOGIA::SOCIOLOGIA URBANA

The purpose of this dissertation is to reflect on the causes that lead many young people living in the periphery of Salvador into a life of crime and to remain in it. In most cases, the interviewees admitted that their unlawful activities began during their adolescence. Today, they are young adults who regard their criminal activities as being work ; that is, an activity that makes them Man-subjects and guarantees their autonomy as individuals. Most of the informants said that they were involved in crimes against property - that is, theft. Therefore, theirs is not violent or blood crime. Their criminal behavior takes place in the city´s several shopping centers and also during the annual festivities, such as carnival, micaretas and St John´s Fête, but also during big shows or sporting events that take place all over the country. Their opportunistic theft activities they designate as descuido (theft), which freely translated amounts to something like preying on those who let down their guard. I relied on the following theories to guide me to an understanding of the subject matter: life life-course, cumulative disadvantage, social control and labelling, and, finally, the concept that through crime marginalized individuals may seek to construct a Man-subject identity. Fieldwork was conducted in one of the most violent neighborhoods of the city of Salvador.