ATS1282 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Parens Patriae, Indictable Offence, Mens Rea
16 Aug 2018
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Juvenile justice: young offender: a young offender is a person under the age of 18 who has been officially designated by the criminal justice system as having committed a crime. It helps differentiate where they do their time, and how they are punished. Social context of youth offending: the phenomenon of unemployment is the biggest single factor in the transformation of young people, their families and their communities. The consequence of class inequality and transformations in the class structure that deepen this inequality is a sharpening of social tension and antagonism. If it is a serious indictable offence (homicide) - the young person will be committed to trial in the supreme court. The age of criminal responsibility: age of criminal responsibility is 10 years old in all australian states, doli incapax means incapable of wrong" is an important consideration affecting the attribution of criminal responsibility.
