In the impossibility of the word, the act: teenage and the law

Authors

  • Vanda Valle de Figueiredo Ferreira Universidade Vila Velha, Vila Velha, ES
  • Renata Goltara Liboni Vescovi Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES

Keywords:

infractional acts, teenagers, Psychoanalysis.

Abstract

The current study aimed to investigate the underlying logic for the infractional act committed by teenagers in conflict with the law. Two areas of knowledge were considered: Psychoanalysis and Law. We opted for a case study that analysed Jean Genet's text, titled The criminal child. For the treatment of the data, it was adopted the qualitative approach, the text being subjected to the method of content analysis proposed by Bardin. Five thematic categories were defined to extract from the text elements to elucidate the meaning of the infractional acts. It was found that the logic supporting the text is the claim for a "look" that gives some subjective place to his author. The weakening of the contemporany symbolic references – specially the paternal function – combined with a lack of social public policies to ensure a place for young people in the neoliberal society contribute to the teenagers' recurrence in the path of delinquency.

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Author Biography

Renata Goltara Liboni Vescovi, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, ES

Graduada em Psicologia pela UVV (Universidade de Vila Velha) e mestranda do Programa de Psicologia Social da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo.

How to Cite

Ferreira, V. V. de F., & Liboni Vescovi, R. G. (2014). In the impossibility of the word, the act: teenage and the law. Psychosocial Researches and Practices, 8(2), 206–214. Retrieved from http://periodicos.ufsj.edu.br/revista_ppp/article/view/533

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