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Trends & Issues in Crime and Criminal Justice
No. 181: The age of criminal responsibility
Gregor Urbas
ISBN 0 642 24198 8 ; ISSN 0817-8542
November 2000
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Abstract
Considerable recent attention has been directed towards rules governing the minimum age of criminal responsibility, and the imposition of criminal responsibility above that age depending on a young offender's appreciation of the wrongness of their act. This paper examines the operation of these rules, along with criticisms and prospects for reform.
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