Age of Criminal Responsibility
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https://doi.org/10.60131/jlaw.1.2024.7946Keywords:
Child, Juvenile Justice, Punishment, Physiological problems, Physiology, Social.Abstract
This article is dedicated to the age of criminal responsibility. The relevance of this topic is defined by studying the physical and mental nature of a child and taking into account the socio-economic factors affecting him/her, it is possible to identify the problematic nature of the age of criminal responsibility.
The measure applied to a child committing a criminal act should be proportional to the severity and circumstances of the offense, as well as the conditions and requirements of the child considering his/her best interests.[1]
Introducing this study, a reader will be convinced that children in conflict with the law should not be treated as adults because of their limited emotional, psychological, moral, and social development.
[1] International Standards in the Field of Juvenile Justice, UNICEF, 2011, 35, adopted by UN resolution N40/33 of 29 November 1985.
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