Contravenciones escolares: entornos barriales e inseguridad urbana

Abstract

This book presents the results of the research project titled "School violence, neighborhood environments and urban insecurity in Bogotá" funded by the Scientific Research and Development Center of the Francisco José de Caldas District University. The project proposed a study on the relationship between school violence, specifically child and youth violations, with neighborhood environments and the perception of insecurity among different members of the educational communities in five schools in Bogotá. The research was theoretically supported by studies with a socio-pedagogical approach, through the application of qualitative methods contemplated in the Nucleus of Social Education NES Research Model. Childhood and youth contraventions are behaviors that go against healthy coexistence and non-compliance with the rules; They occur in the family environment, at school and in the neighborhood, and in general, in public and private spaces. They affect both individuals and groups. The child or youth population that commits these types of acts is called offenders, unlike those who commit crimes who are called offenders. Contraventions affect two large fields: social treatment and coexistence, and property. The first field includes fights in school spaces associated with personal injuries, alcohol consumption and illegal carrying of weapons; and in the second field, violations of property expressed through petty theft.