A sede punitiva: uma reflexão sobre as proposições de redução da idade penal que tramitam no Congresso Nacional Brasileiro

Abstract

Violence has grown alarmingly in Brazil. This growth of general crime and juvenile delinquency in particular rekindles the discussion on reducing the age of criminal responsibility. This paper discusses the arguments in favor and against lowering the age in the Brazilian Parliament. Guided, instead, based on the understanding that apply to young people in full development of personality the same prison system for adults tax matters to relinquish forever the opportunity to get them back to a healthy social life. The proposal to reduce the minimum age for criminal responsibility, it seems, has its motivation in the desire for political recognition of the authors and not the search for improvement of our legal system or effective fight against crime.