YOUTH VOICES: AN EVALUATION OF JUVENILE CORRECTION POLICY FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN DETENTION CENTERS IN RIO GRANDE DO NORTE
Public policy evaluation; socio-educational care system (sinase); youth; criminalization; rights
The National Socio-Educational Care System (SINASE) is a Brazilian public policy whose purpose is to establish guidelines and orientations for juvenile correction. It was created by Act 12.594/2012, and its main objective is to ensure that young offenders receive adequate care, based on guaranteeing their fundamental rights and promoting resocialization. Despite the advances made by SINASE, its implementation faces challenges, and its improvement requires evaluation, becoming necessary to assess its effectiveness as a public policy (LAISNER, 2014). With this in mind, this study seeks to evaluate the effectiveness of juvenile correction policy from the perspective of young subjects who are serving detention measures. Research will be carried out in male socio-educational detention centers and the methodology adopted will be a mixed approach, combining qualitative and quantitative research techniques. Interviews and focus groups will be carried out to explore the young people's life stories and understand their perceptions of the socio-educational measures resulting from the internment experience. In addition, a content analysis will be made of the data collected from medical records and Individual Assistance Plans (IAPs). The aim of the research is to give a voice to adolescents who are serving socio-educational measures in a closed regime and to understand, from their own perspectives, how the application of SINASE has affected their lives inside and outside detention units.