VIOLENCE, IRRESPONSABILITY AND RECIDIVISM. THE MINORS' LEGISLATION IN CURRENT FRANCE. Cover Image

VIOLENCE, IRRESPONSABILITÉ ET RÉCIDIVE LA LÉGISLATION DES MINEURS DANS LA FRANCE ACTUELLE
VIOLENCE, IRRESPONSABILITY AND RECIDIVISM. THE MINORS' LEGISLATION IN CURRENT FRANCE.

Author(s): Horia Lazăr
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai
Keywords: minor; violence; delinquent; guilty; recidivist; educational; protection; educational sanction; prevention.

Summary/Abstract: Violence, Irresponsability and Recidivism. The Minors' Legislation in Current France. In 20th century France, the minors' legislation has undergone three stages: between 1950 – 1990 juvenile delinquency is assimilated into social alienation and corrected through educational measures; after 1990 the assumption of irresponsability is gradually abolished, while the legislation which had become more strict made use of educative sanctions; after 2007 the ideology of risk prevention sees the underage delinquent as a potential recidivist, replacing the juridical treatment of youth delinquency by a globalizing, biopolitical approach, according to which, the minors' crimes become the object of tighter administrative surveillance and of stiff penalties.

  • Issue Year: 54/2009
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 45-66
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: French
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