The judicial construction of the Abnormal Minor in the hinterlands of Paraná/Brazil in the 1930s

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https://doi.org/10.5935/2177-6644.20260022

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This article provides a historical analysis of the criminal case of the minor Raymundo (1937) in Paraná, Brazil, to investigate how the judiciary discursively produced the figure of the "abnormal minor". Through the examination of court records, the article analyzes the role of the juvenile judge in mobilizing legal and medical knowledge, guided by the 1927 Minor's Code. Among other issues, the study shows how criminal law discourse practices manufactured juvenile abnormality as a justification for social exclusion measures.

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  • Marcelo Douglas Nascimento Ribas Filho (UFPR), Federal University of Paraná

    Doutor em História no Programa de Pós-Graduação da Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR). Mestre (2020) e graduado (2017) em História pela Universidade Estadual do Centro-Oeste - Paraná (UNICENTRO).

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2026-06-26

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Vol. 17 No. 1 (2026): História das infâncias e juventudes na América Latina: experiências, discursos e políticas sociais

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Dossiê | Special Issue | Dossier

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The judicial construction of the Abnormal Minor in the hinterlands of Paraná/Brazil in the 1930s . (2026). TEL Tempo, Espaço E Linguagem, 17(1), 689-717. https://doi.org/10.5935/2177-6644.20260022

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