DETERMINANTS OF JUVENILE INVOLVEMENT IN CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR IN TAITA-TAVETA COUNTY, NIGERIA
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION Background of the study Universally, until 1998, children aged ten to fourteen who were charged with a criminal offence were presumed, in any court hearing, to be doliincapax (‘incapable of evil’); that is, they were presumed not to be capable of knowing that a particular behavior was ‘seriously wrong’ as opposed to being merely ‘naughty’(Elizabeth & Laurence, 2008). In England, for example, it was the responsibility of ...
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