Can we raise the age of criminal responsibility?

1. Identify Australian laws governing criminal responsibility of children.

1.1. Who put it in place?

1.2. When was this law put in place?

1.3. Why was this law put in place?

1.4. Who reviews this law?

1.4.1. Has it been reviewed?

1.4.1.1. If so, who reviews?

2. Identify why UNCRC finds under12 yo unacceptable

3. Identify what children are likely to engage in criminal activity.

3.1. Socioeconomical factors?

3.2. Psychological factors?

3.3. Family environment?

4. Identify social views on criminal responsibility.

4.1. Institutional views

4.1.1. Identify, if any, religious factors

4.1.2. Educational/schools views

4.1.3. Identify political views

4.1.3.1. Who is for ?

4.1.3.2. Who is against?

5. Identify the process of making the change to the law

5.1. Who makes the changes?

5.2. How can we change?

6. Identify if there have been any criminal offences of children

7. Identify statistics

7.1. Aust. Inst. Criminology

7.2. Aust Law Reform

7.3. Australian Institute Criminology

7.4. Aust. Law Reform Commision

8. Media Influences

8.1. Positive/Negative

9. How does our law compare with other countries?

10. Identify media influences

10.1. Negative/Positive