Investigation of perception and moral stages of girls pushed to crime in the context of feministic ethics

In this research, the perceptions of crime and moral stages of girls pushed to crime are revealed in the basis of feminist ethical approach in order to determine the moral states and perceptions of girls pushed to crime. In the study, with the objective to define moral identities and perceptions of crime of these children, interpretive phenomenology pattern which is one the patterns in qualitative research method, and semi structured interviews which is one of the most common interview methods in phenomenology pattern were used. The study group, consists of six individuals were selected by snowball sampling and criterion sampling as methods of purposive sampling. The criterion was determined as female high school students who pushed to crime because of drug abuse or violence. When the obtained data was analyzed, the results were merged under the titles as,” thoughts about what her desk mate should do”, “reasons of whether they complain or not”, “feelings about whether they complain or not”, “thoughts about the child giving her test money to her mom for grocery shopping”, “consequences of the behavior”, “thoughts about the meaning of crime based on the incident”, “incident or circumstance that they don’t know what the right thing to do”, “reasons that make them feel on the horns of dilemma in that circumstance”, “thoughts about the a appropriateness of the action”, “evaluation of the action when looked back”. In the analysis of the data, it was considered that each participant’s dilemma and solution was unique and thus was evaluated within its own context. The answers had been tried to be explained within the framework of care ethics and it was seen that girls between the ages 17-18 who came in contact with law asses phenomenon within Gilligan’s moral framework for care, interpersonal relations, and context.