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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777723103321

Autore

Cipriani Don

Titolo

Children's rights and the minimum age of criminal responsibility [[electronic resource] ] : a global perspective / / Don Cipriani

Pubbl/distr/stampa

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

ISBN

1-315-57158-7

1-317-16759-7

1-317-16758-9

1-282-24353-5

9786612243530

0-7546-9447-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (253 p.)

Collana

Advances in criminology

Disciplina

345.04

345/.04

Soggetti

Criminal liability

Capacity and disability

Age (Law)

Children - Legal status, laws, etc

Children (International law)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.