Adolescentes Atendidos pela Unidade de Semiliberdade em Araguaína/TO (2018-2022): Aspectos da Segregação Socioespacial

Abstract

In this work, we carried out an investigation about the data of adolescents in conflict with the law assisted in the semi-liberty unit of Araguaína/TO, in the period from 2018 to 2022, in order to relate to the socio-spatial segregation, taking into account Araguaína as a medium-sized city. Thus, our general objective was to analyze, based on the data referring to the adolescents that were the focus of the research, as Araguaína/Tocantins, as a medium-sized city, reveals a certain socio-spatial segregation for adolescence, whose specific objectives were: to identify, through census sectors, occurrences of infractions, as well as the respective items subtracted by the adolescents targeted by the study; analyze the distribution of community public facilities and their services in the housing sectors of adolescents, in order to build a relationship between adolescence and social opportunities; identify and analyze the geographic displacement of adolescents in the movement of committing the infraction, in order to think of points of rarefaction or concentration. The methodology used consisted of documentary research, with a descriptive nature, a quantitative and qualitative approach, a dialectical method, using secondary data collected from the semi-liberty unit, from physical and digital files, as well as photographic records to analyze the contradictions in the urban space of Araguaína/TO. Among the main results found, we emphasize that most of the adolescents who passed through the Araguaína semi-liberty unit in the researched period, come from peripheral sectors, and that there is in these sectors the presence of certain community public equipment, however, this fact does not seem to be effectively contributing to the attenuation of infractions and the reduction of social inequalities, resulting from socio-spatial segregation. Thus, we emphasize the need for social inclusion of this segment, through more equal access to opportunities for study, work, leisure, sports and culture. Community public facilities can contribute to this inclusion, depending on the provision of services and the way they are used, whether they address the real needs of the youth population in these neighborhoods.