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Thread #128065   Message #2863614
Posted By: Emma B
13-Mar-10 - 07:33 PM
Thread Name: BS: Highering Age of Criminal Responsibility
Subject: RE: BS: Highering Age of Criminal Responsibility
Exactly eanjay it would just mean that an 11 year old child who had committed an offence would be treated in the same manner that a child of 9 years and 11 months who had committed an offence is now -

ie under civil child care proceedings, designed for children that need compulsory measures of care, in England and Wales and in the children's hearings system in Scotland.

The 'outcome' may be pretty similar.