O adolescente em conflito com a lei : uma análise do desenvolvimento moral cognitivo de adolescentes que cometeram latrocínio

Abstract

This dissertation deals with the level of moral development of adolescents who have committed offenses of a serious nature (robbery). Initially it examines the basic structure of moral development in Piaget, which was the foundation for Kohlberg determine the basis of his theory of moral development. On the moral development theory, it is necessary to classify its main elements and principles in order to understand the development process of morality in human beings. An analysis of the earlier legislation to the Status of Children and Adolescents was required to demonstrate that these individuals receive special treatment in what concerns the imposition of penalty and execution of a sentence. But the concern, from the sociocognitive perspective, is with the advent of the Children and Adolescents and the pedagogical guidelines for the implementation of socio-educational measures.