Living the Robbery: A Moment of Adrenaline, Delight and Performance

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17648/dilemas.v13n3.31683

Keywords:

theft, criminal subjection, young offenders, crime, violence

Abstract

Starting from the experience of an assault that unfolded in an ethnographic research with young offenders, this paper reflects on how the experience of transgression is able to offer unique rewards to the subject (KATZ, 1988), a sensation that intensifies for those who are subjected to the criminal subjection process (MISSE, 2010). Reflecting on the experiential aspect of these behaviors considered “violent” (RIFIOTIS, 2006) it is possible to perceive that a theft can also be a creative performance that involves a series of techniques and improvisations. However, the continuity of this process of self-elaboration can deepen the subject so much that it becomes a fundamental part of his daily life ritual.

Author Biography

Sophia Prado, Universidade Federal Fluminense

Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Antropologia (PPGA) da Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF, Niterói, Brasil). É mestre pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Antropologia Social (PPGAS) da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN, Natal, Brasil), especialista em teoria geral do crime pelo Instituto Brasileiro de Ciências Criminais (IBCCrim, São Paulo, Brasil) e pela Universidade de Coimbra (Coimbra, Portugal), e tem graduação em direito pela UFRN.

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Published

2020-09-14

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 3 (2020): SET/OUT/NOV/DEZ

Section

Dossiê Roubo, Violência e Cidade

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