RESUMO -A morte violenta de jovens provoca mudanças no cotidiano das famílias e nas comunidades, particularmente nos modos de organização dos sobreviventes. Este estudo buscou investigar as transformações nos sentimentos, nas relações sociais e na rede social de apoio de oito famílias que perderam jovens vitimados por homicídio no Distrito Federal. Participaram da pesquisa mães e irmãos destes jovens, que responderam a um questionário de caracterização do sistema familiar e a uma entrevista semiestruturada. Os relatos, submetidos à análise qualitativa, apontaram sentimentos de desespero, dor, culpa, revolta e medo. O episódio alterou o funcionamento familiar, provocando desorganização nas relações conjugais e parentais. Os resultados indicam a necessidade de fortalecer a rede social dessas famílias e de investir em políticas públicas.Palavras-chave: família, violência, homicídio juvenil, luto, rede social de apoio Family Reorganization and Social Support Network after a Juvenile HomicideABSTRACT -The violent death of young people causes changes in the everyday life of families and communities, particularly in the survivors' ways of organization. This study aimed to investigate the alterations in the emotional and relational aspects as well as in the social support network of eight families who lost young relatives, victims of homicide in the Federal District. The victims' mothers and siblings participated in the research answering a questionnaire about the family system and a semistructured interview. The reports were submitted to qualitative analysis and showed feelings of despair, pain, guilt, anger, and fear. The episode changed the family functioning, causing disruption to marital and parental relationships. The results indicate the necessity of strengthening the social support network and investing in public policies.
Diferentemente das perdas naturais, os óbitos decorrentes de homicídios envolvem instânciasjurídicas, cuja função é elucidar os episódios e punir o(s) culpado(s). Este estudo apresenta apercepção sobre o papel da polícia/justiça de mães e irmãos de jovens vítimas de homicídio por armade fogo. Participaram da pesquisa oito famílias que responderam a um questionário de caracterizaçãodo sistema familiar e a um roteiro de entrevista semiestruturada. Os relatos foram submetidos à análisequalitativa. Os dados enfatizam a frustração dos participantes quanto ao desempenho do Estado naapuração dos delitos e na prisão dos perpetradores, com a falta de punição gerando uma profundainsatisfação nos familiares. Os resultados sugerem a necessidade de mudanças no sistema judiciáriobrasileiro.
Sexual offense, also called sexual abuse, committed by adolescents is a complex and heterogeneous phenomenon that affects people of different beliefs, ethnicities, educational backgrounds and socioeconomic status. It is a topic little explored in Brazil and which lacks statistical data, unlike what happens in the international scenario. This study was designed to examine the characteristics, environments and relationships of adolescents in intrafamily sexually abusive situations. It also aims at identifying the risk factors and the future prospects of these youths to prevent recidivism. This is a qualitative study, built on the systemic perspective, whose assumptions are complexity, intersubjectivity and contextualization. The research was conducted with four teenagers between 12 and 18 years of age, as well as with their mothers and/or guardians. The setting was a child and adolescent mental healthcare unit, which comprise the Children and Adolescent Protection Network of Brazil's Federal District. Data collection took place on the premises of this unit which provides Multi-family group therapy (MFGT), both for the victims and sexual offenders. Three instruments were used in the study: 1) a semi-structured interview that had been built and used by the professional staff of that unit; 2) the "ERASOR" -Estimative of Risk Adolescent Sexual Offense Recidivism checklist (Portuguese version); and 3) a graphic resource to elicit the teenagers' future prospects. The interview focused on the history of the family, circumstances in which the events occurred, consequences for the family group, measures adopted by the people responsible for the adolescents, and the institutions they resorted to after the abusive events. The ERASOR checklist was completed by the professionals focusing on different risk factors for reoffense, such as the history of sexual offenses committed by adolescents, as well as their psychosocial and family/environmental functioning. The graphic resource was meant to explore the teenagers' views through the drawing of their future perspectives. Data analysis revealed that violence, inside and outside the family, favored sexual offense situations, in which responsibility for the act was attributed to the victim and minimized by the perpetrator of the offense. As far as the reoffense potential is concerned, the analysis suggests that the offenders themselves had suffered sexual abuse. Such is the case of two subjects. Prior sexual abuse suffered by these offenders has not been completely unraveled, neither treated. In line with these results, young people's drawings expressed fear and ambivalence about the process of overcoming the prevailing offensive episodes and their history, especially because they belong to families with little protective availability. On the other hand, potential positive and optimistic outcomes were detected. Juvenile sexual offense is a problem that concerns all members of the family and requires to be dealt with in an integrated and comprehensive manner. These individuals need e...
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