O serviço social no campo sociojurídico : requisições conservadoras e implicações para o projeto ético político profissional

Abstract

This research has as object the conservative institutional requests responses to social workers sociojurídico field in Brazil and some of its implications for the professional ethical-political project, from the perception of professionals, having as determining the contemporary capitalist crisis, which began in the 1970s. The specific objectives discuss the repercussions of the contemporary capitalist crisis in public policies implemented by the Brazilian government and its relationship with the conservatism of reissue in the professional demands of the institutions of sociojurídico field. They characterize the history and peculiarities of the Brazilian Social Work in this field and they identify and analyze the requests put conservative social workers of the socio-legal field discussing some of its implications for the professional ethical-political project. Thisis an exploratory study, predominantly qualitative nature, whose universe comprises social workers work published in thematic sessions pertaining to sociojurídico field in the Brazilian Congress of Social Workers (CBAS) 2001-2013. They also analyze the works published in the "Second National Seminar of Social Work in sociojurídico field: in view of the realization of rights" and the data collection results coordinated by CFESS published in the document "Performance of social workers in sociojurídico: subsidies for reflection". The collection was recorded in a database from the categories identified to enable their analysis guided by the Dialectical Historical Materialism. Among the key findings identified emerging as conservative requests the "special inquiry of children and adolescents" in the judicial area, the "rehabilitation" of prisoners and the "criminological examination" in prisons, and "screening" in the police station. The analyzes argue that the theoretical-critical reflection has the potential to unravel such requests, bringing up his conservative potential, disciplinarian and rights violator. The conclusions point that for the authors of the works analyzedsuch requests affront to the professional Code of Ethics principles and has the opposite effect to that recommended by the professional design, and relevant research and reflection about these "new" requests, which express the reinvigoration of conservatism in the Brazilian context entrance of the XXI century.