Definition As West points out delinquency is a sociolegal category.' The definition of a juvenile delinquent, in the UK at least, is a young person between the age of 10 (the age of 'criminal responsibility') and 17 years who has been prosecuted and found guilty ofan offence that would be classified as a 'crime' ifcommitted by an adult. These offences normally result in the opening of a crimina...

in iran, department of forensic psychiatry is one of the special units of legal medicine organization concerned with individuals who demonstrate psychological and psychiatric problems. the duties of forensic psychiatrists in the department are, performing psychiatric examinations and determining mental competence of two major groups of referrals: individuals who are involved in a legal problem ...

Young persons or offenders are persons who were less than 18 years old when they committed the alleged offence. In terms of criminal responsibility, juveniles are further classified according to age brackets as follows: (i) Children below the age of 7 years are not criminally responsible for their acts or omissions; (ii) Children between the ages of 7 and 12 years are only liable for their crim...

Using the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) in Iran as an illustration, this article explores continued resistance against girls’ rights some Islamic countries. The gendered construction childhood has resulted a differential MACR, which for boys is notably higher than that recommended by United Nations Committee on Rights Child, yet girls unacceptably low. While breaches other areas...