“SE CORRER O BICHO PEGA, SE FICAR O BICHO COME”: VIOLÊNCIA INTRAFAMILIAR, QUEM PROTEGEU AS CRIANÇAS E ADOLESCENTES NA PANDEMIA?

Abstract

This article has the purpose of highlighting the impacts of children and adolescents staying within family environments during the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically focusing on the consequences of the absence from school institutions in preventing violence and ensuring their basic rights. Inspired by experiences from an internship at the Specialized Police Station for Child and Adolescent Protection, it raises questions about the active role of school institutions in reporting cases of violence, especially considering that remote learning placed these youths in continuous contact with their family units, often responsible for the violence they face. To illustrate this reality, data on crimes committed against this age group in the city of Campo Grande, MS, in the years 2019 and 2020 were collected, providing an overview of how the reporting of child and adolescent violence was before and during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. The methodology combines quantitative research in data collection and qualitative analysis supported by a Foucauldian theoretical framework, observing the social and historical determinants that underlie the issue of violence against children and adolescents and its connections with the educational and family scenarios.