Victoria will move to raise the age of criminal responsibility ... government planned to raise the age from 10 to 12 — drawing criticism from youth justice advocates, who said there was already ...

Victoria’s decision to only raise the age to 12 has angered advocates ... there were no children aged 10, 11 or 12 in a Victorian youth justice custodial facility. Of 11 children aged 13 and ...

Victoria will raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12, and to 14 within four ... medical advice “Many children in the youth justice system have significant neurodevelopmental ...

Children between the ages of 10 and 14 are subject to the criminal ... but it still subjects the child to the stress and trauma of the criminal justice system. Daniel Andrews backed the push ...

Victoria will raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 12 following a marathon debate in the upper house overnight. The youth justice bill, which includes various measures aimed at ...

Victoria will become the first Australian state to raise the age of criminal ... responsibility from 10 to 12. "Ten and 11-year-olds don't belong in the criminal justice system … they belong ...