The Police as a Witness: The Construction of Discourses against Adolescents in Sentences of the Court of Justice of the State of Rio De Janeiro

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https://doi.org/10.4322/dilemas.v16.53128

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adolescents who commit infractions, criminal subjection, sentences, socio-educational system, TJRJ

Abstract

This paper aims to discuss the construction of military police discourses in sentences issued against adolescent perpetrators of infractions. From a set of decisions issued by the Court of Justice of the State of Rio de Janeiro (TJRJ), we emphasize the official arguments to evaluate the testimonies as perpetuators of certain determinisms about urban spaces and social subjects. We advocate that there is a discursive pattern among officers, which describes hostility as a justification for ostensiveness, in addition to a prevalence of police testimonies in the processing of decisions.

Author Biography

Carla Mangueira Gonçalves Machado, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Doutoranda do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia e Antropologia (PPGSA) da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ, Brasil). É mestre pelo Programa de Pós-Graduação em Sociologia (PPGS) da Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF, Niterói, Brasil) e graduada em serviço social pela UFF, com período sanduíche na Faculdade de Psicologia e Ciências da Educação (FPCE) da Universidade de Coimbra (UC, Portugal). É pesquisadora do Grupo Interdisciplinar de Estudo e Pesquisa em Cotidiano e Saúde (Gripes/CNPq/UFF) e do Núcleo de Estudos e Pesquisas sobre Sujeito, Sociedade e Estado (NEPSSE/INCT-InEAC) e pesquisadora associada do Núcleo de Estudos da Cidadania, Conflito e Violência Urbana (Necvu) da UFRJ.

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2023-05-12

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Vol. 16 No. 2 (2023): MAI/JUN/JUL/AGO

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