Norway, Finland and Sweden have an age of criminal responsibility set at 15. In Brazil, Peru and Uruguay, it is even higher at 18.Late last year, the Council of Attorney-Generals agreed to look at the issue over the next 12 months.
Growing detainee numbers, failing infrastructure, poor management, poor staff recruitment, a lack of training, a lack of oversight: By 2014 youth detention in the NT was in crisis."And children under 14 don't have the cognitive ability to understand that what they may be doing constitutes a criminal act."
"Some courts have put it onto the accused to establish that they were incapable of knowing that what they were doing in effect was wrong and constituted a criminal act," he said.Raising the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12 was aThe NT Government confirmed there was currently just one child under 14 years of age in detention in the NT.
And in other surprising news!! Pedophiles call for the lowering of the age of consent.
Victimhood is strong in this one!
predictable responses on this thread🙄
Who cares what he's got to say
I wonder if the 12 year old criminal Voller would agree
Why are you giving this perennial criminal attention ?
you went and asked his opinion? ahh the Aussie taxpayer fooled again...
Well turkeys don’t vote for Christmas do they