Diagnóstico da mortalidade juvenil violenta e políticas públicas de prevenção no estado do Ceará

Abstract

According to the Atlas of Violence 2019, the Ceará State shows an increase in its violent youth mortality rate between 2007-2017, reaching in 2017 140.2 violent youth deaths per 100 thousand inhabitants. Such violent deaths are concentrated in the state capital, in the metropolitan region and in some other large cities throughout the state. It is from this context of victimization of Ceará youth that the following questions arise: How is violent youth mortality distributed in Ceará in the period 2014-2018? And what actions has the state government been taking to prevent such cases? Given these issues, this paper aims to diagnose the trend of violent youth mortality in Ceará in the period 2014-2018. The specific objectives are: To verify the intensity of Intentional Lethal Violent Crimes suffered by the youths of Ceará in the period 2014-2018; Diagnose the trend of Intentional Lethal Violent Crimes suffered by the youths of Ceará, in the period 2014-2018; Identify public policies developed by the state government, aimed at preventing youth violence. This study is descriptive and based on qualitative and quantitative methods. From the historical period under study, 2014-2018, based on SSPDS data, it can be diagnosed that the absolute majority of the victims are male, the most used type of weapon is firearm and the nature of the most common fact committed is murder. In conclusion, the diagnosis of the problem of violent youth mortality in Ceará points to an incremental trend. The Ceará State's Government has been making efforts both in the area of improvement and strengthening of its police apparatus and in the area of prevention. In the area of prevention, educational policies stand out, but the state has also been establishing policies in the areas of culture, sport, urbanization, professional qualification and access to work.