Sweden wants a lower age of criminal responsibility for serious crimes - Radio Sweden

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A criminologist says the Swedish government is going against criminologists' recommendations by lowering the criminal age to 13 years for serious offences. She does not say without reason that considering the criminal age is because punishment does not have the desired effect on children.” It is not only that punishments have less deterrence on children, but that the punishment itself has a much greater impact on children in the long term,” said…

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The Swedish government, together with the Sweden Democrats, wants to lower the age of criminal responsibility to 13. This is receiving mixed reactions from Danish legal advocates.