Protection network in the assistance to children, adolescents and their families in situation of violence.

Objective: To understand the performance of the protection network for children, adolescents, and their families in situations of intrafamily violence, from the perspective of professionals of the Specialized Reference Center for Social Assistance.

Method: A qualitative study conducted with five Specialized Reference Center for Social Assistance professionals in a Pernambucan municipality. Data collection was conducted from October 2017 to January 2018 by means of a semi-structured interview, with data analyzed by the thematic content technique.

Violence in intimate relationships from the point of view of adolescents: perspectives of the Complexity Paradigm.

Objective: To analyze adolescents' perceptions about intimate violence from the perspective of the Complexity Paradigm.

Method: A qualitative approach configured as strategic social study. The study participants were adolescents between 15 and 18 years old, attending high school in two public schools in a city in the interior of São Paulo State, Brazil.