Developing Civic Education for Juveniles in Romania and Issues of Moral Reasoning
Author: Mary Anne McFarlane.
Source: Volume 28, Number 01, Fall 2018 , pp.13-19(7)
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Abstract:
This article poses questions about approaches to civic education and moral reasoning with juvenile offenders. It describes work undertaken by two British professionals with the Romanian Probation Service to develop a short-term civic education program and considers methodological and cross-cultural challenges inherent in attempts to improve the ability of young people to resolve moral dilemmas and see their offending in a wider context.Keywords: Juvenile offenders, civic education, moral reasoning, Romanian Probation Service, cross-cultural challenges
Affiliations:
1: Criminal Justice Consultant.