Will Australia Raise the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility?

For many decades there have been calls for an increase in the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) in Australia and in other common law jurisdictions. Despite this the State and Territory governments have largely been resilient to making any change. Such reluctance may, however, be set to c...

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Autor principal: Crofts, Thomas (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
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Publicado: 2019
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