The Age of Criminal Responsibility

[jaysay]

Originally Posted by DaveinGermany

Just read this so have brought this thread back into view.

Government has no plans to raise age of criminal responsibility - Crime, UK - The Independent

If kids of ten can attempt to commit rape then they or full aware what they are doing is wrong, better to catch them at that age and try to put them on the straight a narrow than to pat them on the head and give um a sugar lump. The fact that they have been taken to court could well do the trick, but saying they are to young to take responsibility lets them walk away scot free, and thumb their nose at society, and thumb their nose they will