Gestão do conhecimento científico para efetivação de políticas públicas penais: um estudo de caso na Escola de Administração Penitenciária de Alagoas

Abstract

Given the current political, legal and social scenario of the Brazilian penitentiary system, which was declared an “unconstitutional state of affairs” (ECI) by the Federal Supreme Court in 2015, due to the finding of massive and persistent violation of fundamental rights, resulting from structural flaws and failure of their public policies, organizations responsible for penitentiary administration need to adopt more comprehensive measures and more appropriate means for formulating new public policies or improving existing ones. With the purpose of contributing to the Alagoas penitentiary system's vision of Knowledge Management of scientific evidence as a strategic measure for overcoming ECI, this case study's main objective was to analyze how KM occurs, especially based on scientific evidence, at the School of Penitentiary Administration of Alagoas, which contributes to the implementation of public penal policies, in order to present a proposal for a KM strategy for this sector. This research can be characterized as a study of an applied nature, descriptive character and mixed approach. As means of investigation, documentary research, participant observation and case studies were used. To achieve the intended objective, after the theoretical foundation, a survey of documents was carried out to describe the process of implementing public penal policies and analyze the policies and practices for developing scientific research and managing its evidence in the penitentiary system of Alagoas, these Data were treated according to Bardin's content analysis. Furthermore, a structured questionnaire was applied to eight subjects from EAP/AL, to assess the level of maturity in KM, adopting seven criteria based on Batista's model (2012). Next, an Evidence Map of scientific knowledge produced in the Alagoas penitentiary system was constructed. The results achieved indicate that the maturity level of EAP/AL is initiation and validated the importance of KM for managing scientific evidence, relevant subsidies to support decision-making in public policies. Therefore, the technical-technological product presented constitutes a proposal for an Observatory Model for the Management of Scientific Knowledge of Penal Policies, in order to contribute to the KM of scientific evidence, bringing penitentiary administration closer to HEIs and popularizing science. In this way, this study aims to offer contributions to the institutionalization of a future KM plan in EAP/AL and guide other studies that analyze similar processes.