Preventing Juvenile Delinquency: Compulsory Hospitalization as a Public Security Tool

SAGE Open

Carolina dos Reis¹ 

关键词: juvenile delinquency;    drug use;    psychiatric compulsory hospitalization;    public security;    risk;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2158244016638391

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

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.

【 授权许可】

CC BY