Ontologies of Adolescence and Offending: an integrative review of the decade (2011-2020)

Abstract

This article, segment of the author's doctoral work, presents an integrative literature review in the different areas of knowledge that address the issue of adolescence and infractions. It follows the systematic method and narrative format, taking science as a social practice and raising qualitative aspects of the literature produced between 2011 and 2020, focusing on the current state of knowledge and the way scientific knowledge in this field has been produced. The results show important insights into this issue, however, in general, the panorama reveals fragmented knowledge, with disciplinary scientific discourses and little dialogue. The ways of considering adolescents in research tend to be based on silencing practices, prioritizing know-can-do-say from adults, “experts” and institutions. The importance of critical, decolonial, complex and transdisciplinary thinking is highlighted as guiding a science capable of integrating different knowledge, breaking with stagnant logics of separation, opposition, reduction, hierarchization and silencing.

Keywords:
Juvenile delinquency; Transdisciplinary research; Public Health