Abstract
Analysis are made of the written press of the Rio Grande do Norte of initiatives of the public power and manifestations of its representatives on the poor juvenile, in conflict with the law. Synthesize a national framework of policies in the area and focuses on the social reality and institutional context of the capital, Natal, best covered by media, between an implementation of the National Underage Welfare Foundation in 1964 and the 1988 Constitution. It reveals the mobilization of government representatives, judiciary, public prosecutor, and police, to meet social demands of containment of "offenders", their actions, propositions and opinions on the subject. In general, conceptions attuned to institutional initiatives were marked by repression and discrimination, including the nomenclature used to designate the juvenile. Analyzed based on dialectical and historical materialism and historical-cultural psychology, data reveals a connection between the local and the national framework, from the historical conditions to the conceptions expressed.
Keywords:
juvenile offender; written press; public policy; repression