10 is too young to be in court – NZ should raise the minimum age of criminal responsibility
- Written by Claire Breen, Professor of Law, University of Waikato
Getty ImagesRecent news that thousands of charges have been filed in the Waikato and Auckland youth courts in the past nine months once again put a spotlight on youth crime and our responses to it.
This comes not long after a recent rise in ram raids and smash-and-grab burglaries by young offenders was called a “tsunami” of youth crime...
