Analyzing the justifications for the proposal to lower the age of criminal majority

Authors

  • Thiago Sandrini Mansur Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Espírito Santo (Ifes)
  • Edinete Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (Ufes)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47456/argumentum.v13i2.32692

Abstract

This paper examines the justifications behind proposals to lower the age of criminal majority, assessing their integrity against the principal scientific findings. We searched the virtual pages of the Chamber of Deputies and the Federal Senate and their respective official journals. The corpus consisted of 59 Proposals to Amend the Constitution, which we subjected to thematic content analysis. The justifications dealt with five themes, named according to their main ideas: “maturity, conscience and discernment”; "impunity"; "insecurity"; “Media and public opinion”; and “judicial grounds”. National and international evidence contradicts the justifications presented by these parliamentarians, leading us to conclude that lowering the age of criminal majority lacks any theoretical and empirical foundation.

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Author Biographies

Thiago Sandrini Mansur, Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Espírito Santo (Ifes)

Psicólogo. Doutor em Psicologia. Psicólogo do Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Espírito Santo. (IFES, Cachoeiro de Itapemirim, Brasil).

Edinete, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo (Ufes)

Psicóloga. Doutora em Psicologia Social. Professora do Departamento de Psicologia Social e do Desenvolvimento e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo. (Ufes, Vitória, Brasil).

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Published

31-08-2021

How to Cite

Sandrini Mansur, T., & Edinete. (2021). Analyzing the justifications for the proposal to lower the age of criminal majority. Argumentum, 13(2), 208–225. https://doi.org/10.47456/argumentum.v13i2.32692

Issue

Vol. 13 No. 2 (2021): A ascensão da extrema direita e as consequências para as democracias

Section

Temas Livres

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