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| Expert calls for youth justice system overhaul |
| By Guardian Unlimited |
| Published: 09/22/2006 |
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LONDON, ENGLAND - A leading youth justice expert has called on the government to raise the age of criminal responsibility to 14 years as part of a complete overhaul of the juvenile justice system. In a report published today, titled From Punishment to Problem Solving: A New Approach to Children in Trouble, Rob Allen, the director of the International Centre for Prison Studies at King's College, London, said that Britain's juvenile justice system needs a "fundamentally different approach" to the current one, in which children as young as 10 can end up in court for minor offences. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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