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The Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility: The Need for a Holistic Approach’

Aaron Brown, Anthony Charles Orcid Logo

Youth Justice, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Start page: 147322541989378

Swansea University Author: Anthony Charles Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1177/1473225419893782

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The minimum age of criminal responsibility, as currently established within England and Wales, remains ten years of age. Despite criticism of the minimum age of criminal responsibility, the Westminster Government is unwilling, in spite of research evidence and growing distance between its and intern...

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Published in: Youth Justice
ISSN: 1473-2254 1747-6283
Published: SAGE Publications 2021
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