This article is part of a research with juvenile delinquents and its siblings non delinquents. It was realized in the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Recife. It has the objective of studying the reasons that take young people to choose different roads, seeking the prevention of the juvenile delinquency. Cases of homicide, armed robbery, assault, rape and indecent act using force and drug traffic were included. The technique of life history was used in semi-structured interviews that were applied to 61 offenders and 31 non offenders. It stressed themes like family, community and social reality. The technique of content analysis was used in the interviews. It was still made a quantitative analysis of the data (agreement study and of association of variables) with the objective of identifying the factors leading to the infraction. This article still presents an explanatory theoretical model of the genesis of juvenile delinquency and its prevention; a synthesis of the qualitative and quantitative results; and an attempt to identify which factors are involved in juvenile delinquency.
Juvenile Delinquency; Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency
