Shelter like protection measure for children and adolescents: a bibliographical survey after the “estatuto da criança e do adolescente” (children and adolescent code)

Abstract

Shelter and institutional shelter are a subject with strong social importance because they are related with the protection to childhood and youth. With the goal to know the art state of the academic publication about the theme, this paper has the objective to examine the scientifi c production about reception and shelter to children and adolescents, after the ‘Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente’ (Children and Adolescent Code) in Brazil. A research in articles and thesis databases was done, between 1990 and 2010. They were found 1.651 articles and, after the fi lter, they were selected 44. They were analyzed about database, descriptor, year, journal, aim and population studied. In thesis, they were found 6.228 and 500 they were selected. The conclusion is that in 20 years the theme was poorly researched with gaps to understand the social question.