Estudos sobre criminalidade e educação (philosophia e anthropagogia)

A late‑nineteenth‑century treatise opens with a lively debate from the 1889 Lisbon Legal Congress, where scholars pressed the urgent need to bring criminal codes into line with the newest insights from psychology, anthropology and pathology. The author frames the discussion around the Italian penal system, questioning how notions of moral responsibility can coexist with emerging scientific understandings of the mind and behavior.

The work then maps out competing proposals for dealing with offenders whose mental faculties are compromised. One camp argues for indefinite confinement in specialised institutions, while another seeks a balance that preserves legal safeguards through expert testimony and procedural safeguards. Throughout, the text wrestles with the tension between deterministic theories of human action and the enduring demand for accountability, offering a nuanced view of how law, science, and ethics intersect in the fight against crime.