Contemporary Conceptions of Moral Development Relevant for the Prevention of Juvenile Delinquency
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moral development, juvenile delinquency, psychology explanationsAbstract
Moral development has very important role in etiology of juvenile delinquency. Results of number empirical studies reliably confirm that the defect moral development (some authors calls it amoral) has the great significance for antisocial and criminal behavior in general, esspecially for the early delinquency which is one of the best predictor of adult hronically criminal behavior. Nowaday we have no consesus about psychological mechanism which lay upon morality, so we have to take to account various explanations of moral development in order to prevent delinquency successfully. In this article we consider the most important psychological theoretical views of moral development relevant for prevention of juvenile delinquency and criminal in general. Some of them are not present in our literature (Morach’s, Haan’s, Warren’s), nevertheless thay are bases for newer theory of delinquency. Successfully prevention programs need to integrate variable from the various conceptions of morality in order to enhace protective factors important for mature moral integrity (empathy, orientation toward others etc) and to reduce risk factors responsible for the defect and inverse morality (procriminal models etc.).
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