Ato infracional com ou sem violência praticado por adolescentes e fatores associados

Abstract

Self-perception of violence experienced in childhood by adolescents suspected of infraction Introduction: This study, conducted in 2017, aimed to verify the infraction with or without violence practiced by adolescents and associated factors, male, institutionalized in a Provisional Internment Center in a municipality in the Southeast of Brazil. Methods: A cross - sectional, quantitative study was carried out with a sample of 260 male adolescents, aged between 12 and 18 years, institutionalized in a Provisional Internment Center of Minas Gerais. Adolescents' socio-demographic data (age and race), behavioral (alcohol consumption and illicit drugs, previous passages by the institution and involvement with drug trafficking) were collected from the records of the institution's Technical and Safety team, related to adolescents. The selfperception of the adolescent by the lived experience was collected through interviews, through the application of the Questionnaire on Traumas in Childhood - QUESI - validated in Brazil in 2010 that dealt with emotional, physical and sexual abuse. Descriptive analysis was performed by absolute and relative frequency. Association analysis was performed using the Chi-Square, Chi-Square Linear Trend test (p <0.05) and Fisher's Exact Test (p <0.05). Results: The mean age was 16.5 (SD 1.07) years. 136 adolescents declared themselves pardos (78.2%) and 175 (69.0%) had previously passed through the institution. Regarding the behavior, 160 adolescents (85.0%) had already used illicit drugs and 80 (44.0%) had already consumed alcohol. Involvement with drug trafficking was reported by 65 adolescents (41.1%). The outcome of the non-violent infraction had a prevalence of 7.0% (N = 18) and violence 93.0% (N = 242). The most frequent types of infraction were robbery (51.1%), drug trafficking (37.3%) and theft (3.08%). Adolescents with alcohol consumption had a higher prevalence of an infraction with violence (p <0.044). There was no association between illicit drug use, adolescent age, skin color, previous passages by the institution, involvement with drug trafficking and the Violent Act with and without violence. Conclusions: The study pointed out that the infraction with or without violence practiced by adolescents was associated with alcohol consumption. This can contribute information to the elaboration of social programs and projects aimed at meeting the peculiar demands of these adolescents, as well as of their families, mainly creating strategies of protection and support to the care with the adolescent.