Archbishop calls for age of criminal responsibility to be raised
The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev Dr Rowan Williams has called for the Government to raise the age of criminal responsibility.
Dr Williams told the Sunday Telegraph: "The tragedy of where we are at present is that, at one and the same time, children are treated like adults and at other levels they are left to flounder in real immaturity and neediness."
Under current legislation in England and Wales, children can be charged with criminal offences from as young as the age of 10. Campaigners, however, are arguing this should be raised to avoid branding children as “delinquents” from a young age....
