The evidence is clear: the age of criminal responsibility is far too young at present..
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A significant proportion of teachers surveyed (36.8%) believed 16 was the minimum age of criminal responsibility.
Hundreds of Australian children aged ten to 13 are in juvenile detention. Legal and medical experts say we must raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14.
In one year, an average 566 children between 10 and 13 were in detention. Almost 70% were Indigenous children.
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Professor, School of Law and Department of Social and Behavioural Sciences, City University of Hong Kong
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Professor of Criminology, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor Faculty of Education, School of Cultural and Professional Learning, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Criminology, University of South Wales
