Education of youngsters under imprisonment and related risk factors

Abstract

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.14244/19827199646

Studies on young people who live in restricted areas under liberty deprivation are relevant to improve educational measures and put them into effect, once education is a way of achieving  a positive reintegration of young institutionalized people into society. This paper starts describing and discussing national articles, selected from SciELO and LILACS databases, focusing on education inside restricted areas with liberty deprivation, specifically addressing young population. Then, the paper discusses child abuse, learning disabilities and behavior problems, all issues related to risk factors that may lead to children and adolescent’s conduct impairment, being, many times, the cause and/or reinforcement of violent behavior and delinquency. This research found that there is a considerable shortage of articles on education of young people living under liberty deprivation in Brazil. The analyzed national publications reflect, as well as authors from other countries, that many young offenders have experienced abuse and/or parental neglect during their childhood, have exhibited behavior problems and/or learning disabilities.

Key words: Child abuse, Learning, Behavior problems.