Children's Rights and the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility

Children's Rights and the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility

A Global Perspective

Cipriani, Don

Taylor & Francis Ltd

05/2009

252

Dura

Inglês

9780754677307

15 a 20 dias

Children of almost any age can break the law, but at what age should children first face the possibility of criminal responsibility for their alleged crimes? This book presents a global analysis of national minimum ages of criminal responsibility (MACRs), and the international legal obligations that surround them.
Contents: Foreword, Nigel Cantwell and Jaap Doek; Preface; Shifting perspectives on children, shifting rights and criminal responsibility in juvenile justice; Children's rights: mediation of welfare-justice tensions; MACRs and states' obligations under regional and international law instruments; Historical influences on MACRs; Current MACRs worldwide and modern trends; Practical implications and challenges of MACR implementation; Making MACRs work for children's rights; Annexes; Index.
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