Life course, adolescents and criminality: A study based on PIA

Abstract

This theoretical essay reflects on the articulations between life trajectories and, mainly, the infringement path amongst adolescents who are currently in deprivation or restriction of liberty for infringing Brazilian laws on drug dealing. Guided, in the field of Sociology, by life trajectory criminality, and, in the field of Psychology, by actively listening to the singularities of teenagers' lives, this text presents a selection of information provided by the Plano Individual de Atendimento (Individual Plan of Care-PIA) aiming to analyze in this material elements which can possibly indicate that these adolescents have been submitted to a process of accumulation of disadvantages. We question, thus, the effectiveness of Brazilian so-called socio-educational system in its purpose of reeducating these young people and changing their life trajectory.