The Adolescent in conflict with the law

from social scarcity to imaginary identification

Abstract

The case of teenagers in conflict with the law is permeated by moral crossings when we note the presence of the return of the discussion about the age of criminal responsibility and the guarantee of human rights. The research issue in question is raised based on the limit between the constitution of the subject and the social order. To whom is targeted a teenager's infraction? What are the effects of a violent act on the lives of adolescents that may indicate a demand for constitution and self-recognition in the face of social discourses through a type of law violation? From a clinical point of view, the hypothesis to be developed in the research is that committing an infraction may be the means by which adolescents seek to form a social bond with others by participating in current narratives and discourses as offenders and subversives of the order chain.