DECREASE OF THE CRIMINAL MAJORITY: EVOLUTION OR RETROCESS?

Abstract

The present scientific article seeks to study about the reduction of the penal age and the opinions about its change, with that, the discussion about the possibility of the reduction of the penal age in the eyes of the Federal Constitution (1988) comes to light, the general objective is to try to through theoretical foundations made by respected jurists, to bring a better understanding about the differences of opinion, on the reduction of the penal age, also looking for the hypotheses if it is possible to reduce the penal age or if the criminal majority would remove the crimes committed by minors, therefore, the constitutional aspects related to criminal minors will be addressed, bringing the definitions and purposes of the guiding principles of the application of the socio-educational measure, showing that this work is important for the operator of Law, due to the issues that deal with children , the adolescent, inflationary acts and criminal liability, in addition to generating debates and controversial opinions, which are part of the professional universe from a legal point of view.