Juveniles in youth educational centers and correctional facilities

Article is a summary of two research projects realized in Department of Criminology the Institute of Law Studies of the Polish Academy of Sciences and in the Polish Institute of Justice.In the course of the projects were carried out two kind of research: court files analysis and individual semi-structured in-depth interviews. The research samples were: 397 juveniles from whom in 2014 the court issued decision on the application of the placement in a youth educational centers or in a correctional facilities (case files research) and 40 educators from youth educational centers – YEC and correctional facilities – CF (qualitative research). The aim of article is to present the results of these analysis.