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Delinquência juvenil e justiça procedimental em Portugal: a perceção dos jovens perante as autoridades policiais
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A presente dissertação visa explorar as perceções dos jovens portugueses em relação às autoridades policiais tendo em conta as oito dimensões selecionadas neste estudo (a imparcialidade, eficácia, respeito, justiça, diálogo, obediência, conformidade e perceção de legitimidade da polícia) que possam explicar certos comportamentos dos jovens levando em consideração estas perceções. Carateriza-se por uma abordagem quantitativa em que se utilizou um questionário sobre o comportamento antisocial dos jovens portugueses provenientes do estudo Internacional Self-Reported Delinquency na sua 3ªversão (ISRD-3). A amostra é constituída por 1131 indivíduos entre a faixa etária dos 16 aos 21 anos de idade das cidades de Braga, Porto e Lisboa.
O trabalho revela resultados relevantes e na sua generalidade estão em conformidade com os resultados provenientes da literatura, demonstrando a aplicabilidade no contexto onde se realizou o estudo, através de teorias habitualmente utilizadas nos estudos de perceções dos cidadãos em relação à polícia, designadamente a Teoria da Justiça Procedimental.
Deste modo, sinteticamente observou-se que as perceções dos jovens face à polícia estão associadas a um conjunto de fatores tais como: a prática de delitos, o número de delitos cometidos, o contacto com a polícia e o género dos jovens. Contudo, essas perceções baseiam-se sobretudo no comportamento da polícia e no seu contexto de interação entre os jovens e a mesma. Tudo isto é baseado na Teoria da Justiça Procedimental, que conforme a mesma defende, perceções positivas face à polícia estão empiricamente ligadas ao cumprimento da lei e a uma menor possibilidade de violação dos valores e das normas sociais.
Por fim, discutem-se os resultados obtidos à luz da literatura científica sobre a área, apresentando-se também algumas limitações ao presente trabalho bem como um conjunto de direções/pistas futuras.
This dissertation intends to explore perceptions of portuguese youth to police authorities based on eight distinct dimensions (impartiality, effectiveness, respect, justice, dialogue, obedience, conformity and perceived legitimacy of the police) which may help to explain some youth behaviours. During the dissertation, a quantitative approach was selected and a questionnaire on antisocial behaviour for portuguese youth was used. This questionnaire came from the 3rd version of International Self-Reported Delinquency study (ISRD-3). The sample consists of 1131 individuals with its age between 16 and 21 years old and from the cities of Braga, Porto and Lisbon. The dissertation contains relevant results which are in conformity with the results found on ISRD-3 study. These results allow to demonstrate the applicability in the context where the study was carried out, through the usual theories in our studies of citizens' perceptions of the police, namely the Theory of Procedural Justice. From the study, it was observed that the perceptions of youth to police are associated to a set of factors such as: the commission of crimes, the number of crimes committed, contact with the police and the gender of young people. However, those perceptions are based on police behaviours and on the interaction between youth and police. All of this is based on the Theory of Procedural Justice, which argues that positive perceptions are linked to the compliance with the law and a lesser possibility of violation of values and social norms. At the end, results are discussed and related to the subject in which they were fetched. Some limitations which were found during the dissertation are exposed and some future work stated.
This dissertation intends to explore perceptions of portuguese youth to police authorities based on eight distinct dimensions (impartiality, effectiveness, respect, justice, dialogue, obedience, conformity and perceived legitimacy of the police) which may help to explain some youth behaviours. During the dissertation, a quantitative approach was selected and a questionnaire on antisocial behaviour for portuguese youth was used. This questionnaire came from the 3rd version of International Self-Reported Delinquency study (ISRD-3). The sample consists of 1131 individuals with its age between 16 and 21 years old and from the cities of Braga, Porto and Lisbon. The dissertation contains relevant results which are in conformity with the results found on ISRD-3 study. These results allow to demonstrate the applicability in the context where the study was carried out, through the usual theories in our studies of citizens' perceptions of the police, namely the Theory of Procedural Justice. From the study, it was observed that the perceptions of youth to police are associated to a set of factors such as: the commission of crimes, the number of crimes committed, contact with the police and the gender of young people. However, those perceptions are based on police behaviours and on the interaction between youth and police. All of this is based on the Theory of Procedural Justice, which argues that positive perceptions are linked to the compliance with the law and a lesser possibility of violation of values and social norms. At the end, results are discussed and related to the subject in which they were fetched. Some limitations which were found during the dissertation are exposed and some future work stated.
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Delinquência Jovens Polícia Justiça Procedimental Delinquency Young Police Procedural Justice