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The Age as a Precondition of Criminal Responsibility

Armine Margaryan

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The person can be held responsible for an offence committed if he/she has reached the minimum age of criminal liability. The age of criminal responsibility varies through 53 states having 6 as a minimum and going up to 18. RA legislation sets 16 as a general and 14 as an exceptional minimum age of criminal responsibility. However such a dualistic approach creates problems when trying to justify for which crimes the age of criminal responsibility should be set to 16 and for which – to 14. The author tries to respond to this and other issues concerning the age of criminal responsibility. As a conclusion, the author suggests to set a unified age of criminal responsibility for the committal of all types of crime.

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The person can be held responsible for an offence committed if he/she has reached the minimum age of criminal liability. The age of criminal responsibility varies through 53 states having 6 as a minimum and going up to 18. RA legislation sets 16 as a general and 14 as an exceptional minimum age of criminal responsibility. However such a dualistic approach creates problems when trying to justify for which crimes the age of criminal responsibility should be set to 16 and for which – to 14. The author tries to respond to this and other issues concerning the age of criminal responsibility. As a conclusion, the author suggests to set a unified age of criminal responsibility for the committal of all types of crime.

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The person can be held responsible for an offence committed if he/she has reached the minimum age of criminal liability. The age of criminal responsibility varies through 53 states having 6 as a minimum and going up to 18. RA legislation sets 16 as a general and 14 as an exceptional minimum age of criminal responsibility. However such a dualistic approach creates problems when trying to justify for which crimes the age of criminal responsibility should be set to 16 and for which – to 14. The author tries to respond to this and other issues concerning the age of criminal responsibility. As a conclusion, the author suggests to set a unified age of criminal responsibility for the committal of all types of crime.

Key concepts: Criminal responsibility, Criminal liability, Legislation, Set (abstract data type), Criminal law, Political science, Criminal procedure, Precondition

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