Reduction of criminal minority: an analysis from the constitutional issues

Abstract

This article deals about the possibility or not to reduce the Criminal Minority from a constitutional analysis. For this, will be analyzed the constitutional aspects relating to criminal minority, bringing the definitions and purposes the guiding principles the implementation of socio-educational hospitalization as being these brevity exceptionality and respect to the peculiar conditions of the developing person. Finally it will be checked to display the opinions of renowned jurists about the art. 228 of the Federal Constitution of 1988, if this represents an “entrenchment clause” or is likely to reform.