Preventing Juvenile Delinquency: Compulsory Hospitalization as a Public Security Tool

This article aims to problematize discourses about protection and care that have surrounded compulsory hospitalization by evidencing its use as a control and punishment mechanism that increases the social vulnerability of young drug users. For such, we analyze lawsuits involving juveniles who were c...

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Published in:SAGE open 2016-04, Vol.6 (2)
Main Authors: Reis, Carolina dos, Guareschi, Neuza Maria de Fátima
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:This article aims to problematize discourses about protection and care that have surrounded compulsory hospitalization by evidencing its use as a control and punishment mechanism that increases the social vulnerability of young drug users. For such, we analyze lawsuits involving juveniles who were consigned to psychiatric institutions for drug addiction treatment as a protection measure in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in Brazil. The analysis of the materials has evidenced discourses that have circumscribed young drug users and constructed this population as potentially dangerous subjects as well as a population category at risk. In this sense, we point out how compulsory hospitalization has emerged out of the lawsuits as a tool for prevention of juvenile delinquency.
ISSN:2158-2440
2158-2440
DOI:10.1177/2158244016638391