Abstract
This essay aims to resume the discussion about the trajectory of juvenile justice in Brazil. Based on the dialogue with works already carried out in the scope of Sociology, Criminology and other areas, it is intended to reflect on the possible continuities and ruptures, throughout Brazilian history, of this justice. From the Codes of Minors of 1927 and 1979 to ECA, including the creation of the Assistance Service for Minors, Funabem etc., legal operators, sectors of political elites, specialists and researchers, social movements, the press and other actors have permanently redesigned this area, by mobilizing diverse knowledge and diagnoses. It seeks to recover the complexity of such a historical trajectory in order to better reflect on the paradoxes of juvenile justice even today.
Keywords:
Juvenile Justice; Minority Device; Court-Involved Youth; Estatuto da Criança e do Adolescente