The Age Of Criminal Responsibility Of Minors Should Not Be Reduced

The age of criminal responsibility of minors is a problem that increasingly aroused social concern with the progress and development of society .In recent years, the consistent growth of the number and the increasingly serious circumstances of minors to commit vicious crimes has aroused the high concern of the public.If the starting point of the age of criminal responsibility of minors should be reduced has become a hot debate due to the obvious phenomenon of minor crime.By introducing cases,the different opinions and thesis of the problem that if the starting point of the age of criminal responsibility of minors should be reduced,explaining author's point of view and the reason that the starting point of the age of criminal responsibility should not be reduced.At the same time,the author also suggested measures to perfect relevant system.Chapter one puts forward the question.Through the case of Zhao Libao,a female teacher robbed and killed by three students in Hu Nan ,three siblings be murdered in Guang Xi and Qin killed and cut a girl,putting forward the main question of the article that if the starting point of the age of criminal responsibility of minors should be reduced.Chapter two shows the disputes and the reasons of the starting point of the age of criminal responsibility of minors.lt has four different points of view that if the starting point of the age of criminal responsibility of minors should be reduced.Those are the theory of reducing ,the theory of no changing,the theory of raising up and the theory of elastic regulating.Due to the theory of reducing,in order to adapt to today's society,the starting point of the age of criminal responsibility of minors should be reduced.The theory of no changing shows that the minors are not as mature as we think because of the better material conditions than before.The society and schools should assume the liabilities of minor crimes.The changing of starting point of the age of criminal responsibility of minors is an irresponsible behavior. Through the theory of raising up,In order to increase the protection of minors, the age of criminal responsibility should be improved.The theory of elastic regulating gives the point that provisions on the age of juvenile criminal responsibility should be 14 years old of age up and down for about 6 months.The author elaborates her own view that the starting point of the age of criminal responsibility of minors should not be changed in Chapter three.Considering from the theory of international law, the relevant provisions of minors at all times and in all countries and through the exploration of the present situation of Chinese society, pointing out that current standards of immature maturity is not clear, the relevant legal system is not comprehensive and the minor crime related punishment measures are not perfect,the author comes to the conclusion that the age of criminal responsibility should not be lowered.In Chapter four,the author mentioned the measures to solve the problem that the age of criminal responsibility should not be lowered,such as perfecting the system of relative criminal responsibility age,establishing and improving the juvenile justice system,improving security measures,establishing compulsory parental system,eliminating criminal record system and making full use of and developing the community correction system.