Currently in England and Wales children are criminally responsible for their harmful behaviour from the age of ten. This age is well below that of many other European countries and an age when, for example, the law would not permit them to purchase a pet.
How is an English ten-year-old responsible enough to be tried in a criminal court when their Scottish or Belgian counterpart apparently is not? In reflecting on the age of criminal responsibility, this lecture examines the concepts of responsibility and childhood.
This free talk by Heather Keating, Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Responsibility
is organised by Sussex University Public Lecture. Click here to book.
Location: Chowen lecture theatre, BSMS, Falmer campus
E events@sussex.ac.uk
T +44 (0)1273 877488