The age of criminal responsibility in England and Wales could be raised to as high as 14 under David Lammy's overhaul to the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Carsten Linnemann, CDU Secretary General, speaks at the 37th Federal Party Conference of the CDU. The CDU wants to adopt an ...

Washington, D.C., is out of step with the rest of the nation on criminal justice—especially when it comes to holding violent juveniles accountable. But that’s a problem lawmakers are trying to fix. On ...

Labour’s proposal to consider raising the age of criminal responsibility - the age at which a child can be held legally ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — A proposal to lower the age a person could be charged as an adult is moving forward at the state house. Today, Senate Bill 3 passed a Senate Judicial Committee. This would ...

Retired Judge Michael Corriero was instrumental in creating Manhattan's Youth Part in the Supreme Court of New York County, a special court designed to focus attention and scarce resources on young ...

The Swedish government, facing an election next year, wants to hold children as young as 13 responsible for serious crimes in its latest push to crack down on violent gangs. In an editorial published ...

Criminal gangs in Sweden increasingly recruit children to commit crimes, knowing they will not face prison time if caught as ...