Children's rights and the minimum age of criminal responsibility : a global perspective / Don Cipriani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cipriani, Don.

Series:

Advances in criminology.

Advances in criminology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Criminal liability.

Capacity and disability.

Age (Law).

Children--Legal status, laws, etc.

Children.

Children (International law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate Pub., c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This work is the first global analysis of national minimum ages of criminal responsibility, the international legal obligations that surround them and the principal considerations for establishing and implementing respective age limits.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Shifting Perspectives on Children, Shifting Rights and Criminal Responsibility in Juvenile Justice; 2 Children's Rights' Mediation of Welfare-Justice Tensions; 3 MACRs and States' Obligations under Regional and International Law Instruments; 4 Historical Influences on MACRs; 5 Current MACRs Worldwide and Modern Trends; 6 Practical Implications and Challenges of MACR Implementation; 7 Making MACRs Work for Children's Rights; Annex 1 United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

Annex 2 Worldwide MACR Provisions and Statutory Sources by CountryIndex

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-315-57158-7

1-317-16759-7

1-317-16758-9

1-282-24353-5

9786612243530

0-7546-9447-X

9781315571584

OCLC:

432428973