Intervenção em Centro Educativo: discursos a partir de dentro

Abstract

This paper aims to reflect about the intervention with young offenders within the juvenile justice system from the scope of the perceptions of young people placed in custody and the professionals working in an Education Centre. Based on empirical data collected from a qualitative research carried out on a Portuguese Education Centre, the results reveal the importance that young people and professionals attach to the educational and relational sphere of intervention, as well as the gap that exists between the educational philosophy of the normative system and the perception that young people have concerning that philosophy.