A inversão das influências: os jogos eletrônicos em face dos valores familiares na externalização social de delitos cometidos por jovens à luz das teorias de Émile Durkheim

Abstract

Electronic games are very popular among children and teenagers. They are part of the emotional and psychic development of each young person, as an external factor of the family environment. In the formation of each person, there are internal and external influences that consolidate the individual personality, establishing over time personal characteristics, such as whether the person will be violent, calm, vengeful or possessing other emotions. In this vein, with recurrent cases linking electronic games to criminal practices, it was necessary to study the potential influencing factors that such games have. In the light of Émile Durkheim's theory of the social fact, the practice of behavior among gamer children and adolescents deserved to be studied, in order to verify whether the commission of a crime, for example, is due to an external influence or if it already has outline of a social fact, when associated with other psychological and family ones. Furthermore, it was known that the law not only interferes in social life in a general way, but in specific cases, even regulating the use of video games by young people. Indeed, the general objective of the research was to analyze the possible influence of violent electronic games on the commission of crimes by young gamers, relating to Émile Durkheim's theory of the social fact. The methodology used in the work was of the exploratory type, using the bibliographic procedure and the analysis of real cases in order to stimulate the understanding of the theme. The method employed was of the inductive type, in which the purpose was to explain the content from events and observations, generating a conclusion about the problem raised. Furthermore, it was concluded that electronic games, by themselves, do not corroborate the practice of crimes by young gamers. There is a need for other types of influences, such as family and psychological influences, which, together with the electronic game, can indeed lead to the commission of crimes. Therefore, it is not revealed as a social fact, but a mere influence on the person.