ON LOWERING THE AGE OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY // Вестник БГУ. Юриспруденция. - 2021. №3. . - С. 54-58.

ON LOWERING THE AGE OF CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY

DOI: 10.18101/2658-4409-2021-3-54-58 UDK: 343.01

The issue of lowering the minimum age of criminal responsibility has been dis- cussed in our country for several years. People sign petitions, deputies debate about it, scientists put forward arguments both for and against. The reason for the relevance of this problem is adolescent crime, which is becoming more aggressive, cynical and dangerous every year. There is a decrease in moral barriers in modern children, a lack of cultural values, education in general. Will repressive measures of the state be able to reduce the level of child crime, should we turn to the experience of foreign countries in this matter? The article attempts to answer these questions from the philosophical, moral and criminal perspectives.

legal capacity, tortious capacity of minors, deviant behavior, criminal responsi- bility of minors, juvenile judiciary, probation service.