Practices of Offensive Conduct as an Expression of Social Vulnerability in the Care of Restorative Justice

Abstract

This paper investigates restorative justice in the care of adolescents who committed an infraction from a context of social vulnerability. We conducted semi-structured interviews with teenagers, family members, facilitators, and members of the social protection network of four Brazilian cities: Caxias do Sul-RS, Ponta Grossa-PR, Belém-PA, and Santarém-PA. The participants testimonies were correlated with secondary quantitative data available in databases. We conclude that tackling the conditions of social vulnerability through intersectoral articulation is a necessity in restorative juvenile justice.

Keywords

• ato infracional, vulnerabilidade social, justiça restaurativa, intersetorialidade, socioeducação