STATE AND THE MANIPULATION OF FEAR. CHILDREN AND MINORS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CRIMINAL POLICIES OF THE CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO

By discussing fear and subjectivity building resulting from the criminal policies and their effects on 6-10 children living in a favela in Rio de Janeiro, this work analyzes the internalization of social control through the way these children perceive police operations. We conducted interviews and writing and drawing analyses. Our conclusions point out that the criminal policies symbolically maintain the production of unequal youths as a strategy to manage poverty, and support, through violent policy practices, the difference between child and minor, established by the legislation enforced before the Estatuto da Crianca e do Adolescente (E.C.A. - Child and Adolescent Statute).