Childhood and Crime

by Claire Mcdiarmid

How does the legal system accommodate an individual who is simultaneously a child and a criminal? Claire McDiarmid examines a number of serious cases from legal, philosophical and sociological perspectives, including the murder of James Bulger in 1993. She argues that a thorough investigation of the child's criminal capacity, drawing on developmental psychology, is necessary to provide a fair and rational basis for decisions on responsibility and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845860128
• ISBN13: 9781845860127
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 230 Pages