Jailing children does not make us safer – we need to get rid of this Dickensian delusion | Kirsty Brimelow

We have a Victorian attitude to child offenders. It is harmful to them – and, when they reoffend, damaging to everyone Kirsty Brimelow KC is chair of the Bar Council of England and Wales It is said that there can be no truer revelation of a society’s soul than the way it treats its children. The Bar Council of England and Wales has just concluded an expert review of the minimum age of criminal responsibility. At 10, it is the lowest in Europe. We recommend that it is raised to 14. Society s...

By Kirsty Brimelow