Abstract:
This paper had an objective to analyze the relation between the criminalization of poverty and the juvenile infraction act. The problem that guided the research was: "What is the relation between Criminalization of Poverty and the Juvenile Infraction Act?". In these terms, the hypothesis is that "there is a connection between the criminalization of poverty and the act of juvenile infraction". To reach the proposed goal, it was adopted bibliographic revision methodology, based on doctrinal sourcers, case law, as well as legal norms that regulates the issue. The monograph is structured in three parts: in the first one, the objective is to bring forward the sociohistorical trajectory of attention politics to children and adolescents, taking notes on achievements, challenges and throwbacks on the process that originate in the Child and Adolescent Statute; in the second one, there is the analysis of the criminalization of poverty phenomenon, from its conceptual aspect to its historical and legal terms, introducing data of the politics of juvenile incarceration and, ultimately, the third part brings reflection on juvenile incarceration, lined on poverty criminalization, as well as the way this violence goes through the daily life of the population and also how it demonstrates the enforcement of the manners used to the resocialization of minors. Concluding at the end that the debates concerning the brazilian youth has received notoriety in the society as a whole, incorporated with media discussions, that by dealing with the theme related to the infraction act, strengthens the idea of associations of these young people to vagrancy and dangerousness.
