Abstract

LOURENCO, Érika  and  CAMPOS, Regina Helena de Freitas. Psychological issues at Federal University of Minas Gerais Law School Journal between 1894 and 1962. Temas psicol. [online]. 2009, vol.17, n.1, pp. 47-62. ISSN 1413-389X.

The purpose of this article was to describe the discourses about psychological issues appropriated and diffused by the Federal University of Minas Gerais Law School journal between 1894 and 1962. The main source of information is the periodical Revista da Faculdade de Direito (Law School Journal). Articles whose themes are related to Penal Law and Criminology were selected and, subsequently, the articles that reffer to psychology were chosen. The analysis of these articles has revealed that three categories of discourses about psychology have emerged sequentially in this Law School. Along the period investigated, different trends were present in the discourses, however an organicist approach prevailed in the explanation of crime. Only in the beginning of the 1960s this approach began to be overcome, and education began to be considered a powerful means to prevent crime.

Keywords : History of psychology; Criminology; Law.

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