The Age of Criminal Responsibility and Juveniles Justice in Mainland China: A Case Study

Shen, Anqi (2016) The Age of Criminal Responsibility and Juveniles Justice in Mainland China: A Case Study. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 67 (3). pp. 357-371. ISSN 0029-3105

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Abstract

This article is about the rules on age and crime in relation to children and young people in mainland China. It starts with an outline of the Chinese law on age and crime in relation to children and young people. This is followed by a brief analysis of the international legal framework – norms, standards, rules and guidelines – pertaining to global child protection and juvenile justice policies. It then moves on to examine juvenile justice policy and practice in China, the reality of juvenile offending in the country, and accordingly the calls for reforms on the age of criminal responsibility. Finally, it concludes that China’s problem is not about a low age of criminal responsibility or resistance to the international law, but more to do with a deeper understanding of it and implementation. From a comparative perspective, it utilises China as a case study to claim that attention in juvenile justice in any given jurisdiction should be shifted away from (re)setting the minimum crime age to the development of child-centred juvenile justice that should be research-informed, under the human rights framework and that moves away from the legal institutions and the disproportionate punitive interventions.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: M900 Other in Law
Department: Faculties > Business and Law > Northumbria Law School
Depositing User: Becky Skoyles
Date Deposited: 30 May 2018 14:42
Last Modified: 01 Aug 2021 08:01
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/34391

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