Análise das percepções sobre as práticas dos crimes cometidos por jovens na Cidade de Maputo: o caso do Bairro da Polana Caniço A

Abstract

This study analyzes perceptions about the practices of crimes committed by young people in Maputo City: the case of Bairro da Polana Caniço “A”. For its materialization, bibliographic and documentary research, semi-structured interviews, informal conversations and direct observation were chosen to capture the social perceptions and effects of crime within a specific social context and understand how people in that neighborhood live with such practices. With such residents, understand to what extent the behavior of young people in the neighborhood of Polana Caniço “A ˮ in the City of Maputo generate perceptions and practices associated with crime. The study found that the crime is unleashed by the residents of this neighborhood for their own benefit. In this Neighborhood, there is a lack of interaction between residents and the Police of the Republic of Mozambique, aiming to denounce criminals for subsequent capture by the Police of these same criminals for an analysis and clarification of the various crimes that plague the Neighborhood. The conclusion reached is that the reality described above derives from the fact that there is a fear of denouncing criminals because it may result in account adjustments carried out by the defendants, or because there is a relationship of familiarity between residents and residents. concerned criminals, whose proceeds from crime they share in their self-support. (TRADUÇÃO NOSSA)