Behavioral and Infractional Aspects of Female Teenagers Deprived of Liberty

Abstract

Objective: to analyze the behavior and infractional acts of 26 female adolescents. Method: a descriptive, sequential explanatory, mixed study, conducted in an educational center in Northeastern Brazil. A questionnaire was applied including sociodemographic; gynecological/obstetric; behavioral variables as well as variables referring to infractions and institutional incarceration. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 23.0 was used for data analysis, descriptive analysis, frequency distribution for categorical variables and calculation of measures of central tendency for numerical variables. In the qualitative stage, data were collected through in-depth interviews, which aimed to interpret quantitative analysis variables. The interviews were recorded and transcribed in full, the data were coded and grouped into themes. Pre-analysis, exploration of the collected material, treatment of the results and interpretation were performed. Thematic analysis was used to identify the core meaning that makes up the communication, whose presence or frequency have some meaning for the object studied. Results: the age ranged from 12 to 18 years and 26.9% attended school. The most frequent offenses were theft (61.5%) and homicide (19.2%). The use of alcohol and illicit drugs, was reported as 53.8% and 46.2%, respectively. All reported being sexually active and 96.2% had had more than one sexual partner in their lives. Seven had already become pregnant, and four of these decided to have abortions. Six (23.1%) declared themselves as bisexual and five (19.2%) as homosexuals. The adolescents mentioned the need for homosexual relations at the place of detention, due to the prohibition of conjugal visits. Conclusion: adolescents who are deprivation of liberty have high social vulnerability.

Clinical Ethnographic Narrative Interview About the Experience of Women Discharged From the Prison System

“…-and to prison itself in adult life. These are aspects that culminated in feelings and manifestations of suffering and trauma, corroborating previous studies carried out with this population 8,[10][11]14,23 .…”

“…The complexity of criminal phenomena, added to the pressing sexist issues in the Brazilian scenario, tend to legitimize, in the social imaginary, a moral judgment. As a result, even before legal analyzes and decisions, women offenders already have their condemnation culturally guaranteed by society in general 8,[10][11] . Therefore, the establishment of new life projects, even as ex-convicts, is an even more challenging possibility for women than for the male population [12][13] .…”

“…Corroborating these conditions, there are numerous studies that deal with abandonment and the difficulties of reestablishing relationships as issues experienced in a more expressive way by the population of incarcerated women and/or those released from the prison system [9][10][11][13][14][15] . That is, this subgroup is described as even more vulnerable in terms of mental health, which demands the assumption of a priority position in terms of research development, public policies and the expansion of the spectrum of psychosocial interventions [8][9][10][11][13][14][15] .…”

“…Several studies have been developed with incarcerated women and women released from the prison system, considering both the different psychosocial aspects that permeate such conditions and the strategic themes on mental health advocated by the World Health Organization (WHO), such as prevention, treatment, tracking of symptoms, violence and vulnerabilities 8,10,[13][14][23][24][25] . However, regarding the methodological approaches used in such studies, there is a tendency to adopt more traditional data collection techniques, such as questionnaires, interviews and focus groups.…”

Validação de conteúdo do diagnóstico de enfermagem processos familiares interrompidos

“…Elas estão expostas às situações de vulnerabilidades, negligência familiar e violação de direitos em toda sua trajetória de vida, e o delito mais frequente está relacionado ao tráfico de drogas. (2,3) O cárcere reforça a violência e o estigma sobre essas mulheres. Assim, os profissionais de saúde devem atentar-se à identificação de possíveis fragilidades entre os processos familiares das mesmas.…”