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<journal-id>1692-2530</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Opinión Jurídica]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Opin. jurid.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1692-2530</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad de Medellín]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1692-25302018000200235</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22395/ojum.v17n34a11</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Drug Trafficking and Youth Mortality in Brazil: An Expression of Human Rights&#8217; Violations]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Tráfico de estupefacientes y mortalidad juvenil en Brasil: una manifestación de violaciones de derechos humanos]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="pt"><![CDATA[Tráfico de entorpecentes e mortalidade juvenil no Brasil: uma manifestação de violações de direito humanos]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Motta-Costa]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ana Paula]]></given-names>
</name>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Rudinicki]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Dani]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Goldani]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Julia Maia]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Federal University of Rio Grande do Soul (UFRGS)  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Centro Universitário Ritter dos Reis - Uniritter  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[ ]]></addr-line>
<country>Brazil</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>17</volume>
<numero>34</numero>
<fpage>235</fpage>
<lpage>251</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1692-25302018000200235&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1692-25302018000200235&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1692-25302018000200235&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT This paper aims to analyze the intersectional problematic that surrounds the violations of adolescents&#8217; human rights that happen in Brazil nowadays. It focuses, more specifically, on the involvement of these youths with drug trafficking, and on the relations between their participation in crime and the rising mortality rates amidst young age groups. A large part of Brazil&#8217;s children and teenagers grow up in contexts of social vulnerability, lack of opportunities, difficult access to economical assets, and personal devaluation. This situation often pushes young individuals into involvement with drug trafficking or armed robbery, since crime represents, in their context, a possibility for economic and social ascendance. In parallel, the criminal policy adopted by the Brazilian State, synthesized in the expression &#8220;war on drugs&#8221; and manifested in the promulgation of Law 11.343/06, focuses on repressive police actions, and favors imprisonment, while doing nothing to attack the social causes of the problem. The result is the mass incarceration of young and economically disfavored individuals as well as, not infrequently, their deaths during police approaches, characterizing a situation where these adolescents are both perpetuators and victims of violence.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Este artículo tiene como objetivo analizar la problemática intersectorial que atañe a las violaciones de los derechos humanos de los adolescentes que ocurren actualmente en Brasil. De modo específico, el estudio centra su atención en la participación de estos jóvenes en el tráfico de drogas, así como en las relaciones entre su participación en los crímenes y el aumento de las tasas de mortalidad en estos grupos etarios. Una gran parte de los niños y adolescentes de Brasil crece en contextos de vulnerabilidad social, falta de oportunidades, difícil acceso a bienes económicos y devaluación personal. Esta coyuntura suele llevar a los jóvenes a involucrarse en acciones de narcotráfico o robo a mano armada, ya que el crimen representa, en su contexto, una posibilidad de ascenso económico y social. De modo paralelo, la política penal adoptada por el Estado brasileño (sintetizada en la expresión &#8220;guerra contra las drogas&#8221; y manifestada en la promulgación de la Ley 11.34306) se centra en acciones policiales represivas y favorece el encarcelamiento, pero no se ocupa en atacar las causas sociales del problema. Lo anterior acarrea el encarcelamiento masivo -y, no en pocas ocasiones, la muerte- de personas jóvenes y desfavorecidas económicamente, con lo que se configura una situación en la que estos adolescentes son al mismo tiempo perpetuadores y víctimas de la violencia.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="pt"><p><![CDATA[RESUMO Este artigo tem como objetivo analisar a problemática intersetorial que diz respeito às violações dos direitos humanos dos adolescentes que ocorrem atualmente no Brasil. De modo específico, o estudo centra sua atenção na participação desses jovens no tráfico de drogas, bem como nas relações entre sua participação nos crimes e o aumento das taxas de mortalidade nesses grupos etários. Uma grande parte das crianças e adolescentes do Brasil cresce em contextos de vulnerabilidade social, falta de oportunidades, difícil acesso a bens econômicos e desvalorização pessoal. Essa conjuntura costuma levar os jovens a envolver - se ações de narcotráfico ou roubo à mão armada, já que o crime representa, em seu contexto, uma possibilidade de ascensão econômica e social. Paralelamente, a política penal adotada pelo Estado brasileiro (sintetizada na expressão &#8220;guerra contra as drogas&#8221; e manifestada na promulgação da Lei 11.34306) se centra em ações policiais repressivas e favorece o encarceramento, mas não se ocupe em atacar as causas sociais do problema. Isso acarreta o encarceramento massivo - e, não em poucas ocasiões, a morte - de pessoas jovens e economicamente desfavorecidas, e assim configura - se uma situação na qual esses adolescentes são, ao mesmo tempo, perpetuadores e vítimas da violência.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[human rights]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[criminal policy]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[delincuencia juvenil]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[adolescentes]]></kwd>
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<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[delinquência juvenil]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[adolescentes]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="pt"><![CDATA[direitos humanos]]></kwd>
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