Dimensão técnico-operativa do trabalho do Assistente Social nas penas e medidas alternativas: aproximações a partir de uma pesquisa documental e bibliográfica

This article introduces a few reflections about the technical and operative dimension of the social assistant job in the execution of alternative penalties and measures in Brazil. The information conveyed herein was obtained by means of documental and bibliographic research on the issue. The relevance of the discussion about the Social Service technical and operative dimension is highlighted while it is understood as articulated with other dimensions of the occupation (theoretical and methodological as well as ethical and political). The starting point is understanding the contradictory nature of the alternative penalties and measures and their repercussions for the social assistants who perform in this field that has an historical relation with the exercise of social control. The elaboration of this article aims to contribute for the professionals` reflection about the violence present within the answers of the State in the penal sphere and the need of movements that might contribute to unveil and to recognize such dimension.