On Monday, the council of Attorney Generals met to discuss raising the age of criminal responsibility because children as young as ten can be held criminally responsible for their actions. “It’s time to make the change,” she says.
The age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales is 10. “It’s time to make the change,” she says. Professor Judy Cashmore, from the University of Sydney Law School, outlines five urgent reasons why we must raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 now. Nearly 30% of Year 10 students (29.8%) said criminal responsibility was possible at any age when the child could differentiate right from wrong.
And 32.8% said they did not know the answer.
In Australia, the age of criminal responsibility is 10 years and older. The call to #RaiseTheAge of criminal responsibility in Australia from 10 to the UN recommended age of 14 has been gaining traction of late.
The minimum age of criminal responsibility in Australia is 10. It’s garnered a lot of attention in the media in the recent days with # raisetheage being used on social media. It should be a public health (not criminal justice) response. (b) The enduring over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their parents/carers in the justice system.Mirrabooka Detectives have charged a man with criminal damage after an incident in Madeley this…The Government has committed $600,000 over three years to support the Queensland Art Gallery |…The Australian Trucking Association (ATA) board was in crisis talks with the Deputy Prime Minister…Forecasted $42 billion of early super withdrawals suggests greater government support is needed for those…VACCA welcomes new National Agreement on Closing the Gap to strengthen outcomes for Aboriginal and…The UN Committee has repeatedly recommended and most recently expressed its regrets at Australia’s lack of implementation of its previous recommendations, and remains seriously concerned about:Raising the age to 14 would bring Australia into line with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.Most importantly, Aboriginal and Indigenous children are highly over-represented in this group of children so positive, culturally and age-appropriate responses are critical for these children to reduce this over-representation.Wollongong City Council in collaboration with the NSW Environment Protection Authority are holding another chemical…(a) The very low age of criminal responsibility;Bringing children into the juvenile justice system has a criminogenic effect; that is the younger a child is at their first contact with the criminal justice system, the greater their chances of future offending.It is extremely costly to bring children into juvenile detention – that money urgently needs to go into therapeutic justice re-investment.The vast majority of children involved in offending behaviour from age 10 to 14 are either children who will ‘grow out of it’ with proper support and without being brought into the juvenile justice system, or those who have a difficult personal, family or community background who need a public health response, not a criminal justice response. Nearly 30% of Year 10 students (29.8%) said criminal responsibility was possible at any age when the child could differentiate right from wrong. And 22.7% answered it was at 16 years old. It should be a public health (not criminal justice) response. A significant proportion of teachers (36.8%) believed 16 was the minimum age of criminal responsibility. In 2019, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child recommended 14 years as the minimum age of criminal responsibility. In Scotland it is 8, but legislation is on the table to raise the age of criminal responsibility in Scotland to 12 years of age. This is despite widespread international pressure to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 in line with most other rich countries.
1. Raising the Age of Criminal Responsibility Shannon’s report recommends that Ireland raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 years. (a) The very low age of criminal responsibility;It is extremely costly to bring children into juvenile detention – that money urgently needs to go into therapeutic justice re-investment.Raising the age to 14 would bring Australia into line with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child.Bringing children into the juvenile justice system has a criminogenic effect; that is the younger a child is at their first contact with the criminal justice system, the greater their chances of future offending.The UN Committee has repeatedly recommended and most recently expressed its regrets at Australia’s lack of implementation of its previous recommendations, and remains seriously concerned about:(b) The enduring over-representation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children and their parents/carers in the justice system. A significant proportion of teachers surveyed (36.8%) believed 16 was the minimum age of criminal responsibility. Pressure on the Australian government to review and change this law increased ahead of the Council of … And 22.7% answered it was at 16 years old. He calls the current level “highly illogical” as a child aged 10 years simply does not have the cognitive capacity to be … 1. Professor Judy Cashmore, from the University of Sydney Law School, outlines five urgent reasons why we must raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 now.
An alleged offender can be charged by the police and convicted in court.