A Child’s Capacity to Commit Crime: Examining the Operation of Doli Incapax in Victoria (Australia)
The rebuttable presumption of doli incapax is available in all Australian states and territories and provides that, where a child is unable to comprehend the distinction between actions that are ‘seriously wrong’ and those that are ‘naughty or mischievous’, they cannot be held criminally responsible...
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Queensland University of Technology
2019-02-01
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| Series: | International Journal for Crime, Justice and Social Democracy |
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| Online Access: | https://www.crimejusticejournal.com/article/view/1047 |