Juvenile offenders: moved by desire

Abstract

This article is based on the premise that transgressions committed by the young is an action which portrays an experience that touches the boundaries of abandonment and which refers, most of all, to family relations and, more specifically, to parental roles. When involved in robberies, these adolescents suppose any object will satisfy their needs; once their expectations are not fulfilled, they present signs of irritation and aggressiveness.

Keywords

• Psychoanalysis. Adolescence. Law. Crime. Desire.