O presente trabalho visa compreender o processo da emerg?ncia dos jovens moEURambicanos na experi?ncia do assalto ^ mo armada na cidade de Lichinga. Para tanto, recorreuse a entrevistas, observaEURo direta e reportagens jornal?sticas como ferramentas anal?ticas. O estudo + composto por dois eixos de an...lise complementares: macrossociol,,gico e microssociol,,gico. O primeiro eixo aborda as mudanEURas sociais, econ,micas e pol?ticas por que passou a sociedade moEURambicana no per?odo de 1975 a 1990. Tendo como objetivo compreender como essas mudanEURas influenciaram os padr?es de comportamento juvenil e a emerg?ncia dos jovens na experi?ncia do assalto ^ mo armada. O segundo eixo + centrado na construEURo dos perfis das carreiras na vida criminal de seis jovens assaltantes carcerados na cadeia provincial do Niassa, localizada na cidade de Lichinga, com o intuito de perceber quem so esses jovens que optam por essa modalidade criminosa e por que os mesmos enveredam pelo mundo do crime e da viol?ncia, mais propriamente do assalto ^ mo armada. A reflexo que perpassa os dois eixos coloca em discusso a circulaEURo de armas de fogo utilizado na guerra civil, a corrupEURo policial e a desigualdade social como fatores explicativos centrais da emerg?ncia dos jovens moEURambicanos na experi?ncia do assalto ^ mo armada.

The present work aims to understand the process of the emergency of the young mozambicans in the experience of the armed hand assault in the city of Lichinga. In this case, were used interviews, direct observation and journalistic news articles as analytical tools. The study is composed of two complementary axles of analysis: macrosociological and microsociological. The first axle approaches social, economic and political changes between the periods from 1975 up to 1990. Having as objective to understand how these changes influenced the standards of the young people behavior and the emergency of the young people in the experience of the armed hand assault. The second axle is centered in the construction of the careers profiles in the criminal life of six young assaltants arrested in the provincial penitentiary of the Niassa, located in the city of Lichinga, with intention to perceive who are these young people that opt in this criminal modality and why the same ones follow the world of the crime and violence, more properly the armed hand assault. The reflection that goes into the two axles places in discussion the circulation of firearms used in the civil war, the police corruption and the social inaquality as central clarifying factors for the emergency of the young mozambicans in the experience of the assault by armed hand.