Justiça restaurativa - um olhar de perto: reflexões acerca da participação no projeto de extensão “além da culpa - justiça restaurativa para adolescentes”

Abstract

The current paperwork aims to retlect upon the application of the so called Restorative Justice concerning rights of the Children and Teenagers from a Extension Project experiment called “Beyond the Guilt: Restorative Justice for teenagers” of the Law School University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil, in a partnership with the Childhood and Adolescence courtroom as well as Public Advocacy of the same territory: From a brief and historical analysis, this paperwork intends to show the outcome of the juvenile justice in Brazil up to the promulgation of the Child and Adolescent Statute, as well as its peculiarities and innovations. Therefore, it's explaíned the legal treatment for young people accused or convicted for the practice of felonies in the County of Juiz de Fora, Brazil. Through these considerations, this study intends to show, from a critical perspective, how the teenager figure committing felonies is socially built and the true context in which these young people are inserted. Lastly - by proceeding along this critical approach - there's a reflection about the way Restorative Justice can be presented as an humanized alternative for the Juvenile Justice in Brazil, based on the Juiz de Fora experience, since it grants voice to the adolescents, promoting non-violent communication among victim, offender and community, focusing on the accountability and the restoration of the relationships affected by the felonies committed.