CYCJ Webinar: The Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility: An International Medico-Legal Perspective
Mon 30 Jun 2025 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM BST Online, Teams
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Summary:
In this webinar Dr Delmage will discuss the international picture and the numerous variations in approach to criminal responsibility in children, with some brief thinking about where these variations come from. He will consider various countries’ management of those under the MACR, and will include some thoughts about the future. He will also cover some of the economic outcomes, whilst acknowledging that these outcomes are extraordinarily hard to measure in a meaningful fashion.
Bio:
Dr Enys Delmage is an adolescent forensic psychiatrist and honorary senior lecturer based in Ngā Taiohi, a secure inpatient service for young people, and is based in Porirua, New Zealand. He provides reports for Courts and has also done inreach work into secure institutions, and with the police in relation to children at risk of mass casualty events. He has a specific interest in the interface between young people and the law, and his research is predominantly focussed on the minimum age of criminal responsibility internationally.
Who is this most relevant for:
For those working in the juvenile justice system and social services who encounters children on a regular basis. Also academics, criminologists, sociologist, lawyers and solicitors.
Relevant links:
The Sleep of Reason (https://www.google.co.nz/books/edition/The_Sleep_of_Reason/fyIsDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0),
When Children Kill Children (https://www.amazon.com/When-Children-Kill-Political-Criminology/dp/0199653526)
Important Info:
This webinar will be recorded and shared on the CYCJ website. Cameras and mics will be switched off to all attendees, only the speakers and organisers of the event will have their cameras on.
All registered attendees will be contacted with team's link 24 hours before each session. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact cycj@strath.ac.uk.
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