Abstract

CRESPO P., Freddy A.. Qualitative Study on Subjects with Violent Lives in Venezuela from a Generational Perspective. Rev. Crim. [online]. 2021, vol.63, n.1, pp.91-104.  Epub May 19, 2021. ISSN 1794-3108.

Based on the theoretical premise that both an increase in citizen insecurity and general violence, as well as inefficient formal reactions by institutions regulating social conducts, affected Venezuelans' social and individual interaction structures, this study performs a generational comparative analysis between subjects with violent lives. The study shows how violence has become a value of social interaction and moralization for these subjects, who have centralized violence as a life value for daily interactions with other individuals and institutions. By using a qualitative methodology through life stories, in-depth interviews and documentary review, the findings allow concluding that, as a consequence of primary and secondary unstable social interaction (characterized by establishing weak emotional and moral bonds with figures, such as parents, family, society, institutions and authorities), violence became a central, moralized and legitimized value for subjects with violent lives in the new generation. These subjects are more likely to have a violent behavior, which is demonstrated not just by their ways of life, but in the main role violence plays in their relationships with others and social structures.

Keywords : Violence; Violent life; Individuals; Social interaction; Authority (source: Latin American Criminal Policy Thesaurus - ILANUD).

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